Another Nilgiri Language Treated in Depth

In his paper on the languages of the Nilgiris (in Blue Mountains: The Ethnography and Biogeography of South Indian Region [Delhi, 1989], 133-43), M. B. Emeneau writes: Once the linguistic area (or microarea) has been established by the identification of structural traits-and I think it is now established, at least in a preliminary way-it may be bolstered by examination of lexical items. The work discussed in this review article does precisely that, examining Badaga lexical items in as many contexts as possible (etymology, semantics, phraseology, cultural significance). In addition, its authors offer much more. It is in fact a linguistic and cultural encyclopedia of the Badaga language, an independent formation in its details, and of the Badaga community, the most important of the Nilgiri communities, both as to their number (at least 125,000 today) as well as to their growing economic, administrative, linguistic, and even political influence

Linguistics · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Philosophy · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism

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