Re: Subcontinental Language Isolates

(First, thanks to Nik for reassuring me on my English grammar) :))

Thanks Roger for the tip; I'll see what if I can find it at our uni
library.

I'm working on building a conculture and conhistory and conreligion
around a fictional group somewhere in India and/or Pakistan (I
haven't decided where yet) that speak a language isolate (my first
language isolate!).  It's a bit of a challenge but in doing research
I expect I'll learn a lot about the Dravidians and the Indo-Aryans
and the early history of the continent.  I'm going to try to tie it
in with my Bauhinese project.

Deciding how to fit in a new non-Indo-Aryan non-Dravidian culture
and language into the Indian landscape will take a bit of research
and imagination.

Cheers,
Eamon

Roger Mills wrote:

> IIRC a rather thorough "Linguistic Survey of India" was published in the
> (late?) 19th C or early 20th.  However, isolated and "minor" languages are
> liable to have received short shrift-- reports from earnest missionaries,
> military, civil servants-- all in a mish-mash of idiosyncratic
> transcriptions.  (Same problems as affect Indonesian reports.)  But better
> than nothing.  A really good Univ. library should have it, or at last resort
> the British Museum.