Description
This seminal linguistic work by George A. Grierson presents an exhaustive examination of the Bihari language and its multiple dialects and subdialects. The text focuses on the language variations spoken throughout Bihar and the adjacent regions of the North-Western Provinces, offering detailed grammatical analyses of each distinct speech variety.
Grierson’s comprehensive study represents a significant contribution to historical linguistics and South Asian language documentation. The work systematically categorizes and describes the grammatical structures, phonetic features, and linguistic characteristics unique to each dialect and subdialect. This detailed reference is invaluable for linguists, scholars of Indian languages, and researchers interested in historical language variation and regional speech patterns in 19th-century India.
Originally published as part of a larger linguistic survey, this third volume remains an essential resource for understanding the complex linguistic landscape of the Bihar region and the broader Indo-Aryan language family.
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