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A Comparative Dictionary of the Languages of India and High Asia with a Dissertation

Author: Hunter, W.W.

Keywords: Philology, Language, Grammar, Languages of India, Linguistics, Language of Colonialism

Publisher: Trubner, London

Description: This is a compilation of the languages of what the author calls the “Non-Aryan” people of the British Empire of India. In compiling this work, the author intends to enable direct communication between the rulers and their non-Aryan subjects. It begins with the author’s dissertation which is divided in political and linguistic sections and ends with his conclusions. Following this is the main section which includes a dictionary with English, French, German, Russian and Latin meanings of the words. It is divided for convenience into sections containing pronouns, numerals, adverbs, nouns, adjectives and verbs.

Source: Central Secretariat Library

Type: Rare Book

Received From: Central Secretariat Library


DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Hunter, W.W.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-21T10:49:13Z
dc.date.available 2019-02-21T10:49:13Z
dc.description This is a compilation of the languages of what the author calls the “Non-Aryan” people of the British Empire of India. In compiling this work, the author intends to enable direct communication between the rulers and their non-Aryan subjects. It begins with the author’s dissertation which is divided in political and linguistic sections and ends with his conclusions. Following this is the main section which includes a dictionary with English, French, German, Russian and Latin meanings of the words. It is divided for convenience into sections containing pronouns, numerals, adverbs, nouns, adjectives and verbs.
dc.source Central Secretariat Library
dc.format.extent 218 p.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher Trubner, London
dc.subject Philology, Language, Grammar, Languages of India, Linguistics, Language of Colonialism
dc.type Rare Book
dc.date.copyright 1868
dc.identifier.accessionnumber AS-001501
dc.format.medium text
DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Hunter, W.W.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-21T10:49:13Z
dc.date.available 2019-02-21T10:49:13Z
dc.description This is a compilation of the languages of what the author calls the “Non-Aryan” people of the British Empire of India. In compiling this work, the author intends to enable direct communication between the rulers and their non-Aryan subjects. It begins with the author’s dissertation which is divided in political and linguistic sections and ends with his conclusions. Following this is the main section which includes a dictionary with English, French, German, Russian and Latin meanings of the words. It is divided for convenience into sections containing pronouns, numerals, adverbs, nouns, adjectives and verbs.
dc.source Central Secretariat Library
dc.format.extent 218 p.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher Trubner, London
dc.subject Philology, Language, Grammar, Languages of India, Linguistics, Language of Colonialism
dc.type Rare Book
dc.date.copyright 1868
dc.identifier.accessionnumber AS-001501
dc.format.medium text