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Hill Dialects of the Kumaun Division

Author: Upreti, Ganga Dutt

Keywords: Languages, Kumaon, Garhwal, Hills, List of Dialects

Publisher: Munshi Sadanand Sancial, Almora

Description: Hill dialects of the Kumaon region is a collection of various dialects spoken in the region of Kumaon and Garhwal Hills. What the author offers is a simple folk tale translation into seventeen distinct dialects so that their differences may easily be compared. The author has also provided the same folk talk in standard Hindi and in English to aid the reader in comparing it with transliterations in each dialect. These differences in the speech of the people may be attributed to both locality and race. The book was published in the year 1897.

Type: Rare Book

Received From: Central Secretariat Library


DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Upreti, Ganga Dutt
dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-26T11:36:39Z
dc.date.available 2019-02-26T11:36:39Z
dc.description Hill dialects of the Kumaon region is a collection of various dialects spoken in the region of Kumaon and Garhwal Hills. What the author offers is a simple folk tale translation into seventeen distinct dialects so that their differences may easily be compared. The author has also provided the same folk talk in standard Hindi and in English to aid the reader in comparing it with transliterations in each dialect. These differences in the speech of the people may be attributed to both locality and race. The book was published in the year 1897.
dc.format.extent v, 112 p.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher Munshi Sadanand Sancial, Almora
dc.subject Languages, Kumaon, Garhwal, Hills, List of Dialects
dc.type Rare Book
dc.date.copyright 1900
dc.identifier.accessionnumber AS-001620
dc.format.medium text
DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Upreti, Ganga Dutt
dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-26T11:36:39Z
dc.date.available 2019-02-26T11:36:39Z
dc.description Hill dialects of the Kumaon region is a collection of various dialects spoken in the region of Kumaon and Garhwal Hills. What the author offers is a simple folk tale translation into seventeen distinct dialects so that their differences may easily be compared. The author has also provided the same folk talk in standard Hindi and in English to aid the reader in comparing it with transliterations in each dialect. These differences in the speech of the people may be attributed to both locality and race. The book was published in the year 1897.
dc.format.extent v, 112 p.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher Munshi Sadanand Sancial, Almora
dc.subject Languages, Kumaon, Garhwal, Hills, List of Dialects
dc.type Rare Book
dc.date.copyright 1900
dc.identifier.accessionnumber AS-001620
dc.format.medium text