Languages of the Himalayas Volume 2
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Intro
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
CHAPTER FOUR THE BRAHMAPUTRA AND BEYOND
A CURIOUS GEM
THE MOUNTAINS OF THE SUN CHARIOT
The Kho-Bwa cluster
Hrusish
Tani
The Mishmi clusters
CHILDREN OF THE BRAHMAPUTRA
Kachári-Koch or Bodo-Koch
The Chutiya
Greater Bodo
The Garos of the Garo Hills
The Koch subgroup and the Rajbangsis
At the bend of the Brahmaputra
Toto and Dhimal
Northern Naga and Kachinic
THE INDO-BURMESE BORDERLANDS
The Ao Cluster
The Angami-Pochuri Cluster
The Zeme, Tangkhul and Meithei Clusters Karbí or Mikir
Mizo-Kuki-Chin and Mru
CHAPTER FIVE A WAVE WASHES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FLANK
MAHAKIRANTI AND NEPAL
Subjugation and acculturation of the Kirantis
Divisions amongst the Kiranti
Grammatical issues in Himalayan languages
GREATER EASTERN KIRANTI
The Limbu of Limbuvān
Yakkha, Chiling and the Athpahariya dialects
Kiranti of the Upper Arun
CENTRAL AND WESTERN KIRANTI
The Kiranti of Khambuvān
The Kiranti of the southern hilIs
Kiranti of the Upper Dūdhkosī
Northwest Kiranti
NEWARIC OR PARA-KIRANTI LANGUAGES
The Licchavīs and the Newars The Malla period and early European visitors
The language of the Newars
The Barām and the Thangmi
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM ALONG THE SOUTHERN SLOPES
Magar and Kham
Chepang and Bhujeli
Men of the jungle
The Lhokpu of southwestern Bhutan
Accessories to accession
Lepcha
CHAPTER SIX A WAVE LAPS AGAINST THE NORTHERN FLANK
BODISH LANGUAGES
Tibet and the Tibetan languages
Documentation of the Tibetan language
Inhabitants of hidden lands
Bhutan, the duars and the British
Dzongkha and her three sisters
East Bodish languages
THE WEST HIMALAYISH LANGUAGES West Himalayish south of the great Himalayan divide
Zhangzhung, the sacred language of Bon
TAMANGIC AND PARA-BODISH
Gurung, Tamang and Thakali
Scattered Tamangic languages
Tshangla
CHAPTER SEVEN ZAGROSIANS AND INDO-EUROPEANS
THE ELAMITES AND THE DRAVIDIAN INDUS
The Elamites and the Indus script
Antecedents of the Elamite and Indus civilisations
Post-glacial environments
The Aryans come to the Indus Valley
Flight of the Dravidians
Brahui and the Dravidian Indus
THE COMING OF THE INDO-EUROPEANS
'van een ende de selve afcomste' The homeland and branches of Indo-European
The linguistic Piltdown Man or just wishful thinking?
The Indo-Aryan invasion of the Subcontinent
INDO-EUROPEANS OF THE HIMALAYAS
The Iranians come to Persia
Infidels in the Land af Enlightenment
Aryan society and language
The rise of Nepal and Nepali
The Rāṇā period and the Restoration
Khaś Kurā or Nepali
The great eastward exodus
Indo-Aryans of the foothills and plains
CHAPTER EIGHT BURUSHASKI AND BEYOND
THE BURÚSHO AND BURUSHASKI
STRAY SIBERIANS IN THE HIMALAYAS
Remote relations of the Yenisseian languages
Description based upon print version of record
Greater Yenisseian and Burushaski
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