Negotiating languages: Urdu, Hindi, and the defination of modern South Asia
Hakala, Walter N.
Edition: Delhi
₹ 1250.00
Title in ENGLISH : This book casts lexicographers as key figures in the political realignment of South Asia under British rule and in the years after independence. A brilliant contribution to the story of how Hindustani emerged as a standardized comprehensive language, and in the end diverged into Urdu and Hindi as language of cultural and national identity.
ISBN 13: 9789384092702
ISBN 10: 9384092703
Edition: Delhi
Year: 2017
Language: ENGLISH
Subject(s): Literature ENGLISH, Linguistics
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