Abhishek Avtans
Abhishek Avtans teaches Indic languages and linguistics at Leiden University (the Netherlands). He tweets at @avtansa.

Language of the islanders in Southasia: Part 2
Languages spoken in the islands of the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh demonstrate language contact and convergence, and offer insights into the histories, cultures and linguistic diversity of the region.
Jul 03, 2023

Languages of the islanders in Southasia: Part 1
Linguistic diversity and study of endangered languages in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in Southasia can help our understanding of human history, cognition and the natural world
Apr 14, 2023

Shaking the melting pot
The role of contact languages in multilingual milieux.
Aug 24, 2021

It takes a village to save a language
Pidgins, creoles and mixed languages of Southasia.
Jul 13, 2021

Under the sun
Summer words and phrases in Southasian languages.
May 18, 2021

Translating a pandemic
The impact of COVID-19 terminology on Southasian languages.