Atlas of the Languages and Ethnic Communities of South Asia

From: The Australian Journal of Anthropology | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Roland J.-L. Breton. Atlas of the Languages and Ethnic Communities of South Asia, New Delhi, Thousand Oaks, London: Sage, 1997. 230pp., illust., maps, bibliog., index. Rs795 (Hc.), ISBN 0-8039-9367-6.

Richard Barz

Asian Studies, Australian National University

The Atlas is both the second edition and the English language version of the author's Atlas geographique des langues et des ethnies de l'Inde et du Subcontinent (Presses de l'Universite Laval, Quebec: 1976). The volume is divided into two parts, the first being a general presentation of the languages and ethnic communities of South ...

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