Dialectical
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
Abhishek Avtans | Apr 14, 2023
The holy grail of language preservation
Bible translations in Southasia.
Abhishek Avtans | Jul 06, 2022
Sign languages matter
National and endangered sign languages of Southasia.
Abhishek Avtans | Nov 08, 2021
Shaking the melting pot
The role of contact languages in multilingual milieux.
Abhishek Avtans | Aug 24, 2021
It takes a village to save a language
Pidgins, creoles and mixed languages of Southasia.
Abhishek Avtans | Jul 13, 2021
Translating a pandemic
The impact of COVID-19 terminology on Southasian languages.
Abhishek Avtans | Apr 07, 2021
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