Hardcover, 2 vols, 463+ 1375 pages, bw illustrations, Leiden 2001, as new
Languages of the Himalayas (2 vols)
An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region
containing an Introduction to the Symbiotic Theory of Language
Autor:in: George van Driem
The survey work Languages of the Himalayas provides a bird's eye
view of Himalayan languages and language communities. It also
constitutes a primary source for much new, hitherto unpublished
data on several languages. The demographic mosaic of the
Himalayas today is viewed in a historical and comparative
linguistic perspective. The reader will nd an outline of the
historical and prehistorical developments that have determined
the modern ethnolinguistic composition of the Himalayan region,
involving various independent linguistics stocks or language
families. Maps illustrate the distribution of language communities
and trace the routes of ancient migrations. There is an illuminating
discussion of grammatical features found in Himalayan languages