A Grammar of Khortha

by Netra P Paudyal

Overview

Khortha is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken in Jharkhand, India. Netra P. Paudyal provides an in-depth analysis of Khortha grammar based on the data recorded during his field trips, elicited data, and sentences culled from printed literature. Alongside, it includes a fully glossed text, a comparative wordlist of lexical items from three different varieties of this language and verb paradigms, making it of great interest and value to linguists and typologists. Additionally, it highlights Khortha’s influence from Munda and other Indo-Aryan languages, with notable lexical borrowings, particularly from Santali. This comprehensive study makes a significant contribution to understanding the linguistic landscape of South Asia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789004712669
Publisher:	Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/09/2025
Series:	Brill's Studies in South and Southwest Asian Languages , #15
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Netra P. Paudyal, Ph.D. (2013), University of Zurich/University of Leipzig, is a research scholar and lecturer at the University of Kiel, Germany. His work includes several articles on Indo-Aryan and Tibeto-Burman languages, focusing on documenting and analysing South Asian languages.