Munda Languages

<p>The Munda group of languages of the Austroasiatic family are spoken within central and eastern India by almost ten million people. To date, they are the least well-known and least documented languages of the Indian subcontinent.</p><p>This unprecedented and original work draws together a distinguished group of international experts in the field of Munda language research and presents current assessments of a wide range of typological and comparative-historical issues, providing agendas for future research.</p><p>Representing the current state of Munda Linguistics, this volume provides detailed descriptions of almost all of the languages in the family, in addition to a brief chapter discussing the enigmatic Nihali language. </p> List of illustrations, Notes on contributors, Preface, List of abbreviations, 1 Introduction to the Munda Languages , 2 Santali , 3 Mundari , 4 Kera? Mundari , 5 Ho and the other Kherwarian languages , 7 Sora , 8 Gorum , 9 Kharia , 10 Juang , 11 Remo (Bonda) , 12 Gutob , 13 Gta? , 14 On Nihali , Index