The Language of the Kharosthi Documents from Chinese Turkestan

A 1937 grammar of the language, with a full discussion of its relation to other Indian languages.

T. Burrow (Author)

9781107629486, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 30 June 2011

146 pages
21.6 x 14.1 x 0.9 cm, 0.22 kg

The documents discussed in this 1937 book were found by Sir Aurel Stein at the turn of the twentieth century. In this text, they were interpreted for the first time. Mr Burrow has identified the language in which they are written, and has succeeded in interpreting their meaning. He here presents a grammar of the language, with a full discussion of its peculiarities and its relation to other Indian languages.

Introduction
Part I. Grammar: 1. Vowels
2. Consonants
3. Conjunct consonants
4. Declension
5. Suffixes
6. Pronouns
7. Numerals
8. Adverbs
9. Prepositions
10. Verbs
11. Past tense
12. Syntax
13. Nominal composition
Part II. Index.

Subject Areas: Linguistics [CF]