Dravidian Languages

The Dravidian language family is the world's fourth largest with nearly 250 million speakers across South Asia from Pakistan to Nepal, from Bangladesh to Sri Lanka.

List of contents

1 Introduction to the Dravidian Languages
Sanford B. Steever
2 The Dravidian Scripts
William Bright
Part I: South Dravidian
3 Old Tamil
Thomas Lehmann
4 Modern Tamil
E. Annamalai and Sanford B. Steever
5 Malayalam
P. Sreekumar
6 Betta Kurumba
Gail Coelho
7 Kannada Sanford B. Steever
8 Tulu
D.N.S. Bhat
Part II: South-Central Dravidian
9 Old Telugu
P. Ramanarasimham
10 Telugu
Bh. Krishnamurti
11 Koṇḍa
Bh. Krishnamurti and Brett A. Benham
12 Gonḍi
Sanford B. Steever
13 Kūvi
Sanford B. Steever
Part III: Central Dravidian
14 Kolami
P.S. Subrahmanyam
15 Gadaba
Peri Bhaskararao
Part IV: North Dravidian
16 Malto
Sanford B. Steever
17 Kurux
Masato Kobayashi and Tetru Oraon
18 Brahui
Josef Elfenbein

About the author

Sanford B. Steever holds three degrees in linguistics and a diploma in Tamil. The author of five books and 60 articles on historical linguistics, syntax, Dravidian linguistics and Tamil, he spent three years of study and fieldwork in India. He has been a member of the Linguistics Society of America for nearly 50 years, is a life member of the Dravidian Linguistics Association and serves on the advisory board of the International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics.

Summary

The Dravidian language family is the world's fourth largest with nearly 250 million speakers across South Asia from Pakistan to Nepal, from Bangladesh to Sri Lanka.

Product details

• Authors: Sanford B. Steever
• Assisted by: Sanford B Steever (Editor), Sanford B. Steever (Editor), Steever Sanford B. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.12.2019
• EAN: 9781138853768
• ISBN: 978-1-138-85376-8
• No. of pages: 564
• Series: Routledge Language Family Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, Language: reference & general, Language: reference and general, Language teaching and learning, Dravidian languages