Atlas of the Languages and Ethnic Communities of South Asia

Abstract

PART ONE: GENERAL PRESENTATION OF THE LANGUAGES AND ETHNIC COMMUNITIES OF SOUTH ASIA India as an Exemplary Laboratory for the Coexistence of Languages and Ethnic Communities Language Compared to other Ethnic Traits Congruences and Discrepancies From Language Dynamics to Linguism PART TWO: THE SIXTY PLATES WITH THEIR COMMENTARIES Introduction The Regional Semiographic Analysis Indian Languages throughout the Subcontinent and the World The Northeast The Hindi Belt The Himalayas and the Northwest The Peripheral Indo-Aryan and the Central Adivasi Belts The Dravidian South and Sri Lanka The Non-Regional Languages The Linguistic States, the Media and the Metropolitan Situations Ethno-Linguistic Issues throughout the Subcontinent and around The Linguistic Situation up to the 1991 Census