Dravidian Influence on Indo-European Evolution and the Dravidian Roots of the Harappan Language
The Indo-European languages lack phonetic retroflexion, the act of curling the tip of the tongue upwards and backwards towards the hard palate when articulating certain sounds. However, Dravidian languages exhibit retroflexion. Sanskrit, an
Dravidian languages were once more prevalent across the Indian subcontinent before the diffusion of Indo-Aryan languages
Following the decline of the Harappan Civilization, the invading Aryans established 16 Aryan kingdoms. Legend holds that Bharata, Rama’s half-brother, expanded his influence to the Gandhara kingdom, founding the
Aryans conducted raids on Harappan, (Dravidian) cities, compelling the locals to toil in the fields to provide sustenance for their conquerors
Introduction
The cultivation of plant life enabled the Ashurs (Dravidians) to establish enduring cities equipped with proper irrigation systems to sustain agricultural practices. The
Krisha Hirani reflects on the linguistic and sociopolitical histories of Hindi and Urdu after a chance encounter in Tesco.
I was in Tesco last week, looking at the tomatoes. A man to my right commented on the ripeness of the peppers. I made a good-humored reply – the tomatoes weren’t pakka hua either. He told me my Urdu was
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