1st Edition

Balti-English English-Balti Dictionary

By R. K. Sprigg Copyright 2002
    272 Pages
    by Routledge

    272 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book is based on the Khapalu and Skardu dialects of Balti, a member of the Tibeto-Burman family, spoken in Baltistan. The work is distinguished by its phonetic acuity, particularly important in the case of Balti, whose importance to the Tibeto-Burman and Sino-Tibetan comparatists is its close phonetic relationship to the Tibetan script. This book will undoubtedly become a standard work for the linguistics of the Tibetan language family in general.

    Foreword by P. Denwood Preface Acknowledgements Map of Baltistan Introduction A.F.C. Read's Balti Grammar and dictionary The Khapalu and Skardu dialects Bielmeier's glossaries of West-Tibetan dialects Etymologies Entries: words and lexical items Phonetics, phonology and spelling The English-Tibetan section Notes Abbreviations References BALTI-ENGLISH DICTIONARY ENGLISH-BALTI DICTIONARY

    Biography

    R.K. Sprigg