The Linguistic Landscape of the Indian Himalayas : : Languages in Kinnaur / / Anju Saxena.

• Superior document: Brill's Studies in South and Southwest Asian Languages Series ; Volume 14
• VerfasserIn: Saxena, Anju, 1959-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill nv,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in South and Southwest Asian languages ; Volume 14.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (494 pages)

"This monograph is a contribution to the documentation of the linguistic situation of the Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh (Indian Himalayas) which has been so far almost undescribed. Sino-Tibetan (Kinnauri and Navakat) and Indo-Aryan (Kinnauri Pahari) languages, which are traditionally spoken in this region, are described as independent linguistic entities and as parts of a multifaceted linguistic ecology, part of which also other linguistic varieties spoken in the wider Himalayan region where Kinnaur is situated are considered. The author endeavors to disentangle genealogical and areal characteristics of the languages of Kinnaur using a combination of traditional linguistic description and a quantitative computational procedure inspired by lexicostatistics, taking also morphosyntax into account"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Kinnaur: geography, demography and languages -- A linguistic sketch of Kinnauri -- A linguistic sketch of Navakat -- A linguistic sketch of Kinnauri Pahari -- Linguistic relationships in Kinnaur I: Sino-Tibetan -- Linguistic relationships in Kinnaur II: language contact between Sino-Tibetan and Indo-Aryan -- The many-faceted linguistic landscape of Kinnaur.