Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of maps
- List of contributors
- Notes on numbering and cross-referencing
- List of abbreviations
- Preface
- Preface to the first edition
- 1 Language in ancient Asia and the Americas: an introduction
- 2 Sanskrit
- 3 Middle Indic
- 4 Old Tamil
- 5 Old Persian
- 6 Avestan
- 7 Pahlavi
- 8 Ancient Chinese
- 9 Mayan
- 10 Epi-Olmec
- Appendix 1 Reconstructed ancient languages
- Appendix 2 Full tables of contents from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, and from the other volumes in the paperback series
- Index of general subjects
- Index of grammar and linguistics
- Index of languages
- Index of named linguistic laws and principles
Notes on numbering and cross-referencing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of maps
- List of contributors
- Notes on numbering and cross-referencing
- List of abbreviations
- Preface
- Preface to the first edition
- 1 Language in ancient Asia and the Americas: an introduction
- 2 Sanskrit
- 3 Middle Indic
- 4 Old Tamil
- 5 Old Persian
- 6 Avestan
- 7 Pahlavi
- 8 Ancient Chinese
- 9 Mayan
- 10 Epi-Olmec
- Appendix 1 Reconstructed ancient languages
- Appendix 2 Full tables of contents from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, and from the other volumes in the paperback series
- Index of general subjects
- Index of grammar and linguistics
- Index of languages
- Index of named linguistic laws and principles
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008