A Sketch Of The Modern Languages Of The East Indies

The studious reader of Mr. Arnold’s verse will have added richly to his store of Oriental knowledge infused in every page of this delightful volume. No other English poet has ever thrown his genius and his art so thoroughly into the work of translating Eastern ideas as Mr. Arnold has done in his splendid paraphrases of language contained in these mighty epics. The poem abounds with imagery of Eastern luxuriousness and sensuousness; the air seems laden with the spicy odours of the tropics, and the verse has a richness and a melody sufficient to captivate the senses of the dullest. This book is an overview of the various branches of languages spoken in the east. The book covers 1) The Aryan Family, 2) Dravidian Family, 3) Kolarian Family, 4) TibetoBurman Family, 5) Khasi Family, 6) Tai Family, 7) MonAnam Family, and 7) the Malayan Family. The book accompanied by Two LanguageMaps to make it more interesting. The book was first published in 2000.