The Dravidian Languages (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521771115)

The Dravidian languages are spoken by nearly 200 million people in South Asia and in diaspora communities around the world. They include Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu, as well as over 20 non-literary languages. Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, one of the most eminent Dravidianists of our time, provides a linguistic overview of the Dravidian language family. He describes its history and writing system, discusses its structure and typology, and considers its lexicon. Distant and more recent contacts between Dravidian and other language groups are also covered.

Author: Bhadriraju Krishnamurti
ISBN-10: 0521771110
ISBN-13: 9780521771115
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/16/2003
Pages: 574
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.22lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.44d