1876

Published by A Practical Handbook of the Khond Language. Cuttack, Printed at the Orissa Mission Press, 1876.

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Pp. iv, 130. Contemporary half calf over pebbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt, corners lightly rubbed. Contemporary inscription "from the compiler" to front end-paper. Smith's name beneath in another hand. First edition.This work comprises a grammar, dialogues, fables and a vocabulary with parallel texts in English and Khondi. It is the first of its kind to use Roman characters to express the language in writing. The Khondi (or Kui) language is a South-Central Dravidian language spoken by the Khonds, hunter-gatherers living mainly in Odisha (Orissa). John MacDonald Smith was a major on the Madras Staff Corps and appointed special assistant of the Governor of Fort St. George at Gamjam in Orissa.

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Title
1876
Author
SMITH, JOHN MACDONALD:
Publisher
A Practical Handbook of the Khond Language. Cuttack, Printed at the Orissa Mission Press, 1876.
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition
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