Essays about: "Nuristani"
Found 4 essays containing the word Nuristani.
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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. 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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3. Fusion, exponence, and flexivity in Hindukush languages : An areal-typological study
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskapAbstract : Surrounding the Hindukush mountain chain is a stretch of land where as many as 50 distinct languages varieties of several language meet, in the present study referred to as “The Greater Hindukush” (GHK). In this area a large number of languages of at least six genera are spoken in a multi-linguistic setting. READ MORE
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4. Nominal plurality in languages of the Greater Hindukush
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskapAbstract : The Greater Hindukush is an area that stretches from northwestern–central Afghanistan, through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit–Baltistan of Pakistan and to Kashmir in northwestern India. It is home to some fifty languages of various genera including Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Nuristani, Tibeto- Burman, Turkic and the isolate Burushaski. READ MORE