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Author / Creator:Dhoṅgaḍe, Rameśa.
Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009.
Description:1 online resource (xviii, 340 pages).
Language:English
Series:London Oriental and African language library, 1382-3485 ; v. 13
London Oriental and African language library ; v. 13.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11206003
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Other authors / contributors:Wali, Kashi, 1925-
ISBN:9789027288837
9027288836
9789027238139
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-334) and indexes.
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Summary:Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language, is the official language of Maharashtra, including Mumbai. Father Thomas Stephens, the first English traveler to Goa, a pioneer linguist, wrote Christa Puran in Marathi (1616) and Arte da Lingoa Canarim in Portuguese, printed in (1640). The latter is a grammar of Konkani, a language closely related to Marathi. It is the first grammar of its kind marking a new grammatical tradition for modern Indo-Aryan languages. The present volume contains an extensive account of Marathi phonology, morphology, word formation and syntax. It succinctly describes the accentual sy.
Other form:Print version: Dhoṅgaḍe, Rameśa. Marathi. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009 9789027238139