Language variation in South Asia

✍ Scribed by Bright, William

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 1991
Tongue: English
Leaves: 186
Category: Library

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✦ Subjects

Dravidian languages--Variation;Diglossia (Linguistics);Language and languages--Variation;Dravidian languages -- Variation;South Asia -- Languages -- Variation;Language and languages -- Variation;South Asia

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