The Linguistic Landscape of the Indian Himalayas
The Linguistic Landscape of the Indian HimalayasAnju Saxena
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The Linguistic Landscape of the Indian Himalayas

The Linguistic Landscape of the Indian Himalayas Languages in Kinnaur

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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. The Sino-Tibetan languages Kinnauri and Navakat and the Indo-Aryan language Kinnauri Pahari, all spoken in Kinnaur, are described both individually and as parts of a multifaceted linguistic ecology that extends into the surrounding wider Himalayan region. The author combines traditional linguistic description and a quantitative computational procedure to disentangle genealogical and areal characteristics of the languages of Kinnaur.