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041			_aEnglish
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100			_aPeggy Mohan _9128924
245			_aWanderers Kings Merchants: The Story of India Through its Languages
260			_aIndia _bPenguin _c2021
300			_axvii,341 p. _bHB _c22x14 cm.
365			_aBLCR-000026 _b₹479.00 _c₹ _d₹599.00 _e20% _f15-07-2023
520			_a 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.
650			_aMultilingualism _9128836
650			_aIndic philology _9128837
650			_aIndo-Aryan languages _9128838
650			_aSociolinguistics _9128839
650			_aLanguage and culture _9128840
700			_aMOHAN (Peggy) _9128779
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