Torwali An Account Of A Dardic Language of The Swat Kohistan

Name : Torwali An Account Of A Dardic Language of The Swat Kohistan

Author : George A. Grierson

Book Format : Paperback

Genre : Reference

ISBN : 9788121230810

Language : English

Pages : 201-300 Pages

Publish Year : 2020

Publisher : Gyan Publishing House

About the Book : -Torwal, where the Dardic tongue recorded in the stories dealt with by the author is spoken, comprises that alpine portion of the valley of the Swat River which extends from Kalam town to the large village of Churrai. It was visited by him as the first European in 1926. A descriptive account of the observation then made. Torwali is one of a number of languages generally grouped together under the name of ‘Kohistani’, as being spoken in the Panjkora, Swat, and Indus Kohistans lying to the north of the Peshwar and Hazara districts of British India. For convenience of reference, the writer has divided this work into four parts. Part I consists of Sir Aurel Stein’s note; Part II deals with the language; Part III consists of the Folktales and Typical Sentences; and Part IV of the Vocabulary and its connected indexes. About the Author:-Sir George Abraham Grierson OM KCIE was an Irish administrator and linguist in British India. He worked in the Indian Civil Services but an interest in philology and linguistics led him to pursue studies in the languages and folklore of India during his postings in Bengal and Bihar. He published numerous studies in the journals of learned societies and wrote several books during his administrative career but proposed a formal linguistic survey at the Oriental Congress in 1886 at Vienna. The Congress recommended the idea to the British G

Country of Origin : India