Language shifts among the scheduled tribes in India : a geographical study

Author(s)

• Ishtiaq, M

Bibliographic Information

Language shifts among the scheduled tribes in India : a geographical study

M. Ishtiaq

（MLBD series in linguistics, v. 13）

Motilal Banarsidass, 1999

1st ed

Note

Bibliography: p. [173]-179

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

It provides social, economic and political dimensions of changing linguistic identity. The study emphasising the need of promoting and preserving the tribal languages being cultural heritage of India provides a basis to understand the dynamics of language shift.

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Details

• NCID: BA43629708
• ISBN:
  • 812081617X
• Country Code: ii
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Delhi
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 183 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 829.8
  • NDC9 : 361.8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Indigenous peoples -- India -- Languages
  • LCSH : Hindi language -- Dialects -- India
  • LCSH : Diglossia (Linguistics) -- India
  • LCSH : Linguistic change
  • LCSH : India -- Scheduled tribes -- Languages
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA01066427