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A Saurashtra-English Dictionary
Contributor(s): Ucida, Norihiko (Author), Nagabhushana, Muddan (Contribution by), Subramanian, Obulan S. (Contribution by)

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 ISBN: 3447030550     ISBN-13: 9783447030557
Publisher: Harrassowitz
OUR PRICE: $65.55  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: December 1990
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BISAC Categories:
- Foreign Language Study | Multi-language Dictionaries
- Foreign Language Study | Indic Languages
- Foreign Language Study | Southeast Asian Languages (see Also Vietnamese)
Dewey: 495
LCCN: 91146780
Physical Information: 279 pages
 
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The language is spoken by Saurashtrans, who mostly live in Tamil Nadu and belong to a cast of weavers. According to their oral tradition, they stem from Saurashtra and left their home when it was conquered by Muslims. They immigrated into Tamil Nadu by way of Maharashtra and Andhraradesh. The Saurashtra language is one of Indo-Aryan languages as Hindi, Gujarati, etc., are. However, as the Saurashtrans live in the Dravidian linguistic area, their language has become almost Dravidian in grammatical structure though its basic vocabulary is still Indo-Aryan. The language has many loanwords from Marathi, Telugu and Tamil, which supports the evidence of their oral tradition. This dictionary, the first modern lexicography of the Saurashtra language, contains a short grammar and a vocabulary of the Bangalore dialect of the same language.
 
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