The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 2Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 86
Page 14
... language family is limited principally to the Munda subgroup of languages , spoken in the hills and forests of central and eastern India . The Sino - Tibetan tongues are confined to the northeastern frontier area . In the course of ...
... language family is limited principally to the Munda subgroup of languages , spoken in the hills and forests of central and eastern India . The Sino - Tibetan tongues are confined to the northeastern frontier area . In the course of ...
Page 15
... languages are represented in India to- day by various offshoots of the Tai and Chinese language groups . Thus , for example , Khamti is spoken by a small tribe in the extreme northeastern frontier of India . There also exist some Tibeto ...
... languages are represented in India to- day by various offshoots of the Tai and Chinese language groups . Thus , for example , Khamti is spoken by a small tribe in the extreme northeastern frontier of India . There also exist some Tibeto ...
Page 223
... languages are used , and some of the Moluccas , where the North Halmaheran lan- guage family is found . The Austronesian language family is broken into 16 major groups within which languages are closely related though distinctly ...
... languages are used , and some of the Moluccas , where the North Halmaheran lan- guage family is found . The Austronesian language family is broken into 16 major groups within which languages are closely related though distinctly ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abrasive acid administration agricultural Andhra Arabian Sea army Asia Assam Bay of Bengal Bengal Bihār Bijapur Bombay Brahman brick British Buddhist capital cement central centre century chemical coast culture Deccan defeated Delhi district Dutch dynasty east eastern economic empire feet forests Gandhi glass governor Gujarat Gulf hills Hindu human-factors engineering important India Indian Ocean Indonesia Indus industry Islām islands Java Kashmir king kingdom land language Madhya Pradesh Madras Mahārāshtra major manufacture Marāṭhā ment miles military minister monsoon Mughal Mughal Empire Muḥammad Muslim Nāga northern operations research organization Orissa oxide Pakistan percent period philosophy plains Plateau political population Pradesh problems production province Punjab region reign religious rivers rule ruler Sikhs Sikkim Singh sodium sulfur sultanate Sumatra systems engineering Tamil temperature territory tion trade traditional tribes Uttar Pradesh Valley Vijayanagar village western