Handbuch Der Orientalistik

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BRILL, 2001 - Austronesian languages - 462 pages
This handbook is a survey of Himalayan languages and language communities, providing hitherto unpublished data on several languages and outlining ethnolinguistically relevant historical and prehistorical developments. Grammatical features of Himalayan languages are discussed, and detailed language distribution maps are included. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004103900).

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Contents

CHAPTER
1
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
60
THREE VERSIONS OF PREHISTORY
135
NEWARIC OR PARAKIRANTI LANGUAGES 728
143
CHAPTER
204
THE ELAMITES AND THE DRAVIDIAN INDUS 995
217
CHAPTER EIGHT
251
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM ALONG THE SOUTHERN SLOPES 773
254
AUSTROASIATIC
262
BEYOND THE HIMALAYAN HORIZON AND BACK AGAIN
298
CHAPTER THREE
333
BIBLIOGRAPHY 1224
407
NEOLITHIC AND BRONZE AGE VÖLKERWANDERUNGEN
408
BODISH LANGUAGES 826
426
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