10 Indian Languages and How They Came to Be

Karthik Venkatesh (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

152 Seiten

2024
Duckbill (Verlag)
978-0-14-346196-8 (ISBN)

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He provides a glimpse of their literature, tracks the growth of their scripts and identifies landmark moments that have preserved and reinvented these ten Indian languages.

This book talks about ten Indian languages- of the thousand-odd languages spoken in India- and their evolution, transformation and development. These languages are: Tamil Telugu Brahui Santali Khasi Kokborok Manipuri Marathi Punjabi Hindi Karthik Venkatesh traces the long and varied journeys of these languages through time, examining the cultural shifts and political and social influences that have shaped them.

Karthik Venkatesh grew up in Bangalore, speaking Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, English, Dakhani and Hindi. He tried to learn French but failed. He did learn Punjabi though. Once an MBA, he later studied education and taught English and History in a school.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.02.2024
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Geschichte / Politik
ISBN-10	0-14-346196-6 / 0143461966
ISBN-13	978-0-14-346196-8 / 9780143461968
Zustand	Neuware