TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peggy Mohan
AU  - MOHAN (Peggy)
TI  - Wanderers Kings Merchants: The Story of India Through its Languages
SN  - 9780670093687
U1  - 491.1 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - India
PB  - Penguin
KW  - Multilingualism
KW  - Indic philology
KW  - Indo-Aryan languages
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - Language and culture
N2  -  history of Indian languages - primarily Sanskrit - from the angle of language contacts and mixtures
One of India’s most incredible and enviable cultural aspects is that every Indian is bilingual, if not multilingual. Delving into the fascinating early history of South Asia, this original book reveals how migration, both external and internal, has shaped all Indians from ancient times. Through a first-of-its-kind and incisive study of languages, such as the story of early Sanskrit, the rise of Urdu, language formation in the North-east, it presents the astounding argument that all Indians are of mixed origins.It explores the surprising rise of English after Independence and how it may be endangering India’s native languages
ER  -