A Grammar and Dictionary of Indus Kohistani, v.1: Dictionary.3110179474 A grammar and dictionary of Indus Kohistani, v.1: Dictionary. Zoller, Claus Peter. Walter de Gruyter 2005 507 pages $128.97 Hardcover Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 21-1 PK7045 Indus Kohistani is a language of what is now northern Pakistan Northern Pakistan is the term used to refer to the high-altitude region in the northern part of Pakistan that includes 12 of the world's 27 highest mountains as well as three of the seven longest glaciers outside of the polar regions of the world. , noted for its complicated rules governing the two pitch-accents in compounding, derivation derivation, in grammar: see inflection. and inflection inflection, in grammar. In many languages, words or parts of words are arranged in formally similar sets consisting of a root, or base, and various affixes. Thus walking, walks, walker have in common the root walk and the affixes -ing, -s, and . This dictionary this dictionary - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing includes about 8,000 lemmata with the pitch-accents and their behavior noted, along with cross-references such as parallels from Nuristani, Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Dravidian and Munda languages Munda languages (m  n`də), group of languages generally regarded as a subfamily of the Southeast Asian family of languages. See Southeast Asian languages. and from Burushaski. Indices
include Indus Kohistani to English and English to Indus Kohistani, as
well as Old Indo-Aryan to Indus Kohistani and quick references to
numerials, days of the week and months of the year, place names and clan
names.
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