A Dictionary of the Central Nicobarese Language.

Man, Edward Horace.

Published by Dehli. 1975. Reprint of the 1889 edition. Sanskaran Prakashak.

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8vo. lx, 243 pages with appendices containing a comparison of synonymous words in the remaining Nicobarese forms and other matters, preceded by notes on the grammar of the central form." The territory of Nicobar islands in the Bay o fBengal had no contacts with the rest of the world till the close of the 19th century, even though the desire on the part of the advanced West to know this unexplored region was too great. As an important step towards, developing understanding between the Nicobars and other parts of the world a comprehensive vocabulary of the local loanguage was developed by an outstanding geographer, anthropologist, explorer and linguist. This was E. H. Man, the legendary historian of the Nicobar Islands. He weetn to Port Blair as Assistanat Superintendent of the Andamans and Nicrobars. But he overcame his bureaucratic barriers and observed the islands from the sympathetic eyes of a genuine lover of the local scene. Man's vast knowledge of almost every subject, required fo the study of human beings, made him eminently qualified to compile this dictionary. Since he lived among the people without barriers of any sort, he mastered the local language and could write with absolute authority. Man's dictionary is divided into two parts: Part 1 give sthe English-Nicobarese vocabulary; Part 2 contains, apart from the Nicobarese-English vocabulary, a cogent note on Nicobarese grammar that could be assimilated by any serious student of the subject. As a new interest in the reorganisation of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has been aroused, the re-issue nof this dicitonary, originally published in 1888, is extremely imaginative."--from the flyleaf. Very good in a very good, price-clipped dustjacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Dictionary of the Central Nicobarese Language.
• Publisher: Dehli. 1975. Reprint of the 1889 edition. Sanskaran Prakashak.