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Introduction: Languages, contexts and constructs Braj B. Kachru; Part I.Language History, Families and Typology: 1. Language in historical contextRonald E. Asher; 2. Typological characteristics of South Asian languagesKarumuri V. Subbarao; Part II. Languages and their Functions: 3. Hindi, Urdu,Hindustani Yamuna Kachru; 4. Persian in South Asia S. A. H. Abidi andRavinder Gargesh; 5. Major regional languages Tej K. Bhatia; 6. Minoritylanguages and their status Rakesh M. Bhatt and Ahmar Mahboob; 7. Triballanguages Anvita Abbi; Part III. Sanskrit and Traditions of Language Study:8. Sanskrit in the South Asian sociolinguistics Madhav Deshpande; 9.Traditions of language study Ashok Aklujkar; Part IV. Multilingualism,Contact and Convergence: 10. Contexts of multilingualism E. Annamalai; 11.Language contact and convergence S.N. Sridhar; 12. Pidgins, creoles andbazaar Hindi Ian Smith; Part V. Orality, Literacy, and Writing Systems: 13.Orality and literacy Rama Kant Agnihotri; 14. Writing systems Peter Daniels;Part VI. Language, State and Education: 15. Language politics and conflictsRobert L. King; Part VII. Language Standardization and Modernization: 16.Language modernization S. N. Sridhar; Part VIII. Language and Discourse: 17.Language in social and ethnic interaction Yamuna Kachru; 18. Language and thelegal system Vijay Bhatia and Rajesh Sharma; 19. Language in media andadvertising Tej K. Bhatia and Robert Baumgardner; 20. Language in cinemaWimal Dissanayake; 21. Language of religion Rajeshwari Pandharipande; PartIX. Language and Identity: 22. Language and gender Tamara Valentine; 23.Dalit literature, language, and identity Eleanor Zelliot; 24. Language andyouth culture Rukmini Bhaya Nair; Part X. Languages in Diaspora: 25.Languages in diaspora Rajend Meshtrie; 26. South Asian diaspora in Europe andthe US Kamal K. Sridhar.