Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region, Volume 8 a Grammar of Dhimal (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004175730)

The present work, a grammar of Dhimal, fills an important void in the documentation of the vast and ramified Tibeto-Burman language family. Dhimal, a little known and endangered tongue spoken in the lowlands of southeastern Nepal by about 20,000 individuals, is detailed in this work. With data gathered in the village of Āṭhiyābārī, the author crafts a readable description of the western dialect, using over 1000 examples to illustrate usage. Included in this reference work are seventeen texts, riddles, songs and a Dhimal-English glossary. Joining other recent ground-breaking linguistic descriptions by researchers from the Himalayan Languages Project at Leiden University, this grammar of Dhimal will have lasting scientific value and aid the Dhimal community in preserving their language.

Author: John T. King
ISBN-10: 9004175733
ISBN-13: 9789004175730
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 05/20/2009
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.45lbs
Size: 9.45h x 6.30w x 1.38d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2009 pg. 262