Essays about: "Greater Hindu Kush"
Found 4 essays containing the words Greater Hindu Kush.
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1. Lexico-Semantic Areality in the Greater Hindu Kush : An Areal-Typological Study on Numerals and Kinship Terms
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistikAbstract : The Greater Hindu Kush designates a mountainous area extending from Afghanistan over Pakistan, Tajikistan and India to the westernmost parts of China. It is home to over 50 lan- guages from six different phyla; Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Nuristani, Turkic, Tibeto-Burman and the language isolate Burushaski. READ MORE
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2. A Micro-Typological Study of Shina : A Hindu Kush Language Cluster
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskapAbstract : In this thesis, 9 Indo-Aryan languages which have previously been classified as Shina languages were analyzed. A cognate analysis of basic vocabulary was conducted, in order to explore the relatedness of the languages. READ MORE
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3. Kinship terminology in the greater Hindu Kush
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistikAbstract : This is a study of the kinship terminology used for one’s parents and their siblings in the languages in the greater Hindu Kush area (GHK). GHK stretches over the mountainous borderlands of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, China and India and homes a range of various languages from six different genera, Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Nuristani, Turkic, Tibeto-Burman, and the language isolate Burushaski. READ MORE
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4. A challenge for development or challenging development : ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : Mountains provide a variety of ecosystem services, such as drinking water, which sustains not only mountain communities but also people living further downstream. While climate change threatens most ecosystems, its negative impacts are up to three times greater in high altitudes. READ MORE