Bibliography Of Publications On The Languages Of The World South Asia And Far East Africa

Based on the much-praised The World's Major Languages, this is the first comprehensive guide in paperback to describe the development, grammar sound and writing system, and sociological factors of the major language families in these areas.

This reference book provides a bibliography of all periodicals and newspapers written wholly or partly in a South Asian language, published anywhere in the world. These collections, held by libraries in the United Kingdom, are unique and cannot be matched by libraries in Europe, the United States, or even in South Asia itself. The bibliography contains over 2500 titles in the 15 major languages of South Asia, including Sinhalese, Sanskrit and various minor languages as well as Pashto, Persian and Arabic titles published in South Asia and Afghanistan. The periodicals are listed by language and alphabetically by title within each language. The bibliography gives the title, place of publication, issuing body (if noncommercial), frequency, and the holdings of individual libraries.