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The Piśāca Languages of North-western India

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A scholarly examination of the Piśāca languages, an extinct group of Indo-Aryan languages once spoken in north-western India. This comprehensive work by renowned linguist George Abraham Grierson provides detailed linguistic analysis and historical documentation of these ancient languages.

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The Piśāca Languages of North-western India is a definitive linguistic study by George Abraham Grierson, one of the most respected scholars of Indo-Aryan languages. This work provides an in-depth exploration of the Piśāca languages, an extinct group of Indo-Aryan dialects that were historically spoken across the north-western regions of India.

Grierson’s meticulous research documents the grammatical structures, phonetic characteristics, and lexical features of these ancient languages. The study draws from various historical texts, inscriptions, and linguistic records to reconstruct and analyze these languages that have long ceased to be spoken. This scholarly work is essential for understanding the linguistic diversity and evolution of Indo-Aryan language families.

The publication by Gyan Publishing House makes this important linguistic scholarship accessible to researchers, scholars, and students of historical linguistics, Indian languages, and Indo-European language studies.

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Author

George Abraham Grierson

Publisher

‏ : ‎ Gyan Publishing House

ISBN

9789362809261

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