Encyclopedia - Languages Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Languages Of India - Alphabets Of Indian Languages
Indian languages have corresponding distinct alphabets. The two major families are those of the Dravidian languages and those of the Indo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Numerals: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Numerals - Other Modern Indian Languages
The three Indian languages (Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit itself) that have adapted the Devanagari script to their use also naturally emplo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas - Iranian Vs Indian Affinities Of The Kambojas
There are also references in Sanskrit literature which suggest that a section of the Kambojas was probably also under Vedic cultural infl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Languages Of India: Encyclopedia - Languages Of India
India is rich in languages, boasting not only the indigenous sprouting of Dravidian and Indo-Aryan tongues, but of the absorption of Midd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Languages Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Languages Of India - The Languages Of India
While 22 major languages are recognized as "Official Languages" by the Constitution of India, Hindi, in the Devanagari script, is often, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Numerals: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Numerals - Devanagari Numerals And Their Sanskrit Names
Below is a list of the Indian numerals in their Devanagari form, the corresponding European (Indo-Arabic) equivalents, and their Sanskrit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Languages In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Languages In The United States - Pre-colonial Languages
Languages in the United States - American Indian languages. The Native American languages predate European settlement of the New World....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assamese Language: Encyclopedia - Assamese Language
Assamese (অসমীয়া) or Asamiya or Oxomiya is the language spoken by some of the natives of the state of Assam in northeast I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Awadhi Language: Encyclopedia - Awadhi Language
Awadhi is an Indian language, often considered a dialect of Hindi, spoken in the Awadh (Oudh) region of Uttar Pradesh. Its speakers are a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhojpuri Language: Encyclopedia - Bhojpuri Language
Bhojpuri is the main language spoken in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh. Bhojpuri is al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Akshara: Encyclopedia - Akshara
Akshara is the Sanskrit term for what can be roughly translated as a letter in alphabet. It also refers to the basic unit of sound, that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ute Tribe: Encyclopedia - Ute Tribe
The Utes are an ethnically related group of American Indians now living primarily in Utah and Colorado. There are three Ute tribal reserv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cheyenne: Encyclopedia - Cheyenne
The Cheyenne are a Native American nation of the Great Plains. The Cheyenne nation is composed of two united tribes, the Sotaeo'o [no def...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uttar Pradesh: Encyclopedia - Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu: اتر پردیش), also popularly known by its acronym UP, is the most p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tamil Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Tamil Language - Geographic Distribution
Tamil is the first language of the majority in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and in northern and northeastern Sri Lanka. The l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magadhi Language: Encyclopedia - Magadhi Language
The Magadhi language (also known as Magahi) is a language of India. Magadhi is closely related to Bhojpuri and Maithili and these languag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian: Encyclopedia - Indian
Indian or Indians can refer to: India, a country Languages of India Indian American Indian Airlines Indigenous peoples of the Americas, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhili Language: Encyclopedia - Bhili Language
Bhili is a Central Indo-Aryan language spoken in west-central India, in the region east of Ahmadabad. Other names for the language includ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telugu Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Telugu Language - Geographic Distribution
Telugu is mainly spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh and a bit in the neighboring states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharastra, Orissa a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Literature - Indian Writing In English
In the last century, several Indian writers have distinguished themselves not only in traditional Indian languages but also in English. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telugu Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Telugu Language - Literature In Telugu
Main article: Telugu literature The famous Indian literary epic, the Mahabharatha, was translated into telugu over a period of a few cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Languages In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Languages In The United States - New American Languages
Several languages have been born on American soil, including creoles and sign languages. Languages in the United States - Gullah. Gulla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Languages In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Languages In The United States - Official Language Status
The United States does not have an official language; nevertheless, American English (referred to in the US as simply English) is the lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Languages In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Languages In The United States - The Colonial Languages
In the 17th century, there were colonies in North America, whose languages were English (from Virginia and Nova Albion colonies), Dutch (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Languages In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Languages In The United States - Immigrant Languages
The U.S. has long been the destination of many immigrants. From the mid 19th century on, the nation had large numbers of residents who sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telugu Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Telugu Language - Geographic Distribution
Telugu is mainly spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh and a bit in the neighboring states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharastra, Orissa a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kannada Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Kannada Language - Kannada Script
The language has 52 letters phonemic and according to academic profile 49 letters are present in Kannada language. These 49 letters are d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindustani Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindustani Language - Hindi And Urdu
While grammatically, Urdu and Hindi are considered dialects of a single language (or diasystem), they differ (in formal tongue) vastly in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Literature - Hindi Literature
Hindi literature started as religious and philosophical poetry in medieval periods in dialects like Avadhi and Brij. The most famous figu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punjabi Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Punjabi Language - Dialects And Geographic Distribution
Punjabi is the official language of the Indian state of Punjab and it is one of the second official languages of Delhi[1]. It is also spo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punjabi Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Punjabi Language - Dialects And Geographic Distribution
Punjabi is the official language of the Indian state of Punjab and it is one of the second official languages of Delhi.[1] It is also spo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bengali Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Bengali Language - Bangla Literature
The first evidence of Bangla literature is Charyapada or Charyageeti, buddhist hymns or dohas from the 8th century. Possibly the most pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punjabi Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Punjabi Language - Vocabulary
Modern Punjabi vocabulary has been influenced by other languages, including Hindustani, Persian and English. Like other North Indian lang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punjabi Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Punjabi Language - Western And Eastern Punjabi
Many sources subdivide the Punjabi language into Western Punjabi or Lahndi (ਲਹਿੰਦੀ), and Eastern Punjabi. They tend to do so ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malayalam Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Malayalam Language - Language Variation And External Influence
Variations in intonation patterns, vocabulary, and distribution of grammatical and phonological elements are observable along the paramet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malayalam Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Malayalam Language - The Script
In the early ninth century /vattezhuthu/ (round writing) traceable through the Grantha script, to the pan-Indian Brahmi script, gave rise...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Film Directors: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Film Directors - Directors Of Parallel Or Independent Cinema
Parallel cinema is otherwise known as New Indian Cinema, Indian New Wave, Indian Neo-Realism, or by the man/woman in the street, "art fil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marathi Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Marathi Language - Geographic Distribution
Most speakers of Marathi live in the Indian state of Maharashtra. They also inhabit the neighboring states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas - Further Evidence On Kambojas Being Non-indo Aryans
Language and ethnicity of Kambojas - Mahabharata on Kamboja culture. Mahabharata speaks of the Yavanas, Kambojas, Darunas etc as the fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas - Patanjali's Mahabhasaaya On Kambojas
Almost similar information on the Kambojas is also provided by Patanjali's Mahaabhaasya (2nd c BC). Sanskrit: zavatir gatikarmaa kamboje...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas - Bhuridatta Jataka On Kambojas
Following Dr Grierson's investigations on Kambojas which appeared in 1911, Dr Kuhn published a summary of his own article (Das Volk Der K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas - Dr Grierson's Changed Views
That the killing of lower animals is a Zoroastrian religious practice is amply attested from the passages in Mazdean books like the Videv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Language And Ethnicity Of Kambojas - Some Scholarly Opinions On Kambojas' Ethnicity
Dr V. S. Aggarwala: "As shown in the Jataka and Avestic literature, the Kamboja was a center of ancient Iranian civilization as is eviden...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cheyenne: Encyclopedia Ii - Cheyenne - Northern Cheyenne Exodus
[Note: the following history is about the Northern Cheyenne, the Southern Cheyenne by this time had largely settled in Indian Territory i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punjabi: Encyclopedia Ii - Punjabi - Dialects And Geographic Distribution
Punjabi is the official language of the Indian state of Punjab and it is one of the second official languages of Delhi[1]. It is also spo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cheyenne: Encyclopedia Ii - Cheyenne - 19th Century/indian Wars
In 1851, the first Cheyenne 'territory' was established in northern Colorado. The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 granted this territory. Tod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Punjabi: Encyclopedia Ii - Punjabi - Vocabulary
Modern Punjabi vocabulary has been influenced by other languages, including Hindustani, Persian and English. Like other North Indian lang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - Influence
Sanskrit - Modern-day India. Sanskrit's greatest influence, presumably, is that which it exerted on languages that grew from its vocabu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sanskrit: Encyclopedia Ii - Sanskrit - Influence
Sanskrit - Modern-day India. Sanskrit's greatest influence, presumably, is that which it exerted on languages that grew from its vocabu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindi: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindi - Number Of Speakers
Hindi is among the more widely spoken languages in the world. According to some estimates, about 500 million people in India and abroad a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cheyenne: Encyclopedia Ii - Cheyenne - Northern Cheyenne Return
The Cheyenne traveled to Fort Keogh (present day Miles City, Montana) and settled near the fort. Many of the Cheyenne worked with the Arm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cheyenne: Encyclopedia Ii - Cheyenne - Early History And Culture
Nothing is absolutely known about the Cheyenne people/culture prior to the 16th Century. Much of Cheyenne history study starts at the 16t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ute Tribe: Encyclopedia Ii - Ute Tribe - Current Situation
Present-day Utes occupy a small fraction of their former territories. The largest tribe, the Northern Ute, lives on the Uintah-Ouray Rese...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Native American Name Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Native American Name Controversy - Amerindian/amerind
The term Amerindian is a derivative of "American Indian" (as is "Amerind", though this term is more popular in linguistic circles), and i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Native American Name Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Native American Name Controversy - Indigenous
Indigenous is the current preferred term in some anthropological and linguistic circles. Although its spelling is similar to that of "Ind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Native American Name Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Native American Name Controversy - Aboriginal
The term "Aboriginal" is another alternate form encountered in English-speaking regions of the world to refer to a people "having existed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Native American Name Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Native American Name Controversy - Indian
When Christopher Columbus set sail across the Atlantic Ocean, he believed that he would arrive in the Indies. The purpose of his trip was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas - Modern Kamboj And Kamboh
The population of the modern people who still call themselves Kamboj (or prikritic Kamboh, or Kamoz) or Kambhoj is estimated to be around...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagercoil: Encyclopedia Ii - Nagercoil - Location
The town is situated 8.18° N and 77.43° E at the southern tip of peninsular India. Being close to the cape (Kanyakumari -the tip of pen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagercoil: Encyclopedia Ii - Nagercoil - The Indian Ocean Tsunami
Tragedy struck on the morning of 26th December, 2004 when huge killer waves swept away hundreds of men, women and children in different ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madhya Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Madhya Pradesh - History
Madhya Pradesh - Ancient. The city of Ujjain (also known as Avanti) arose as a major center in the second wave of Indian urbanization i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas - Ethnicity & Language Of Kambojas
Numerous classical sources[1] all indicate that ancient Kamboja was a center of Iranian civilization. This is evident from the Mazdean re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagercoil: Encyclopedia Ii - Nagercoil - Language Culture & Religion
Most of the people are Tamil-speaking, but can also understand Malayalam. There are also several native speakers of Malayalam. English is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Native American Name Controversy: Encyclopedia Ii - Native American Name Controversy - Native
Some controversy over the term Native or Native American arises from the fact that in common usage the word "native" means "born in", and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas - The Kambojas And The Mauryan Empire
The Mudrarakshas play of Visakhadutta as well as the Jain work Parisishtaparvan refers to Chandragupta's alliance with the Himalayan king...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas - Original Home Of Kambojas
Analysis of ancent Sanskrit texts[3] and inscriptions place the Kambojas, Gandharas, Yavanas, Madras, and the Sakas in the Uttarapatha - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas - Kambojas: A Warrior Clan
In India, the Kambojas seem to have belonged to the Kshatriya caste of Indo-Aryan society. The earliest and most powerful reference endor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas - Kambojas: Master Horsemen
The horses of the Kambojas were famous throughout all periods of ancient history. Ancient literature is overflowing with excellent refere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kambojas: Encyclopedia Ii - Kambojas - The Kambojas And Alexander The Great
Because the Kambojas were famous for their horses (ashva) and as cavalry-men (ashvaka) they were also popularly called "Ashvakas". The As...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagercoil: Encyclopedia Ii - Nagercoil - History
Nagercoil derives its name from a famous old Jain Temple called Naga Raja Temple (Temple of the Serpent (snake) King) - that still exists...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagercoil: Encyclopedia Ii - Nagercoil - The Arrival Of European Missionaries
The arrival of English, German and other Western Christian missionaries in the 19th century and the development of social infrastructure ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagercoil: Encyclopedia Ii - Nagercoil - Geography
The District is generally hilly, with plains found near the coast. The land from the sea-coast gradually rises from sea-level to the West...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagercoil: Encyclopedia Ii - Nagercoil - Socio-economic Factors & Local Economy
Though Nagercoil has a high educated populace, migration to big cities in India, the Gulf and Western countries from families is quite co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagercoil: Encyclopedia Ii - Nagercoil - Notable Facts
The district has one of the highest doctor-to-person ratio in the country, among districts. It seems like there is a medical practitioner...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagercoil: Encyclopedia Ii - Nagercoil - Flora And Fauna
The District is abundant in wildlife, plants and marine life. The variety of plants and animals vary according to the distance from the t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagercoil: Encyclopedia Ii - Nagercoil - Marine Life And Resources
The coastline is rocky in several places, while sandy (especially near the town). There are traces of coral reef on the eastern coast of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagercoil: Encyclopedia Ii - Nagercoil - Places Of Interest
Fresh water supply to the town is from the Mukkadal Reservoir, about 8 km from the town, in the interior - itself a very scenic place, wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagercoil: Encyclopedia Ii - Nagercoil - Education
Kanyakumari District tops the state in literacy (87.55 %) and also in high levels of education in Tamilnadu. Even in the absence of profe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nagercoil: Encyclopedia Ii - Nagercoil - Communications Infrastructure And Administration
The town and district are served by an All India Radio (AIR) station (FM) and a Doordarshan relay station. The entire district is network...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madhya Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Madhya Pradesh - The Forests
Madhya Pradesh - Forest area. Madhya Pradesh is endowed with rich and diverse forest resources. Lying between lat. 21°04'N and long. 7...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madhya Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Madhya Pradesh - Heritage And Architecture
Several cities in Madhya Pradesh are extraordinary for their architecture and or scenic beauty. Three sites in Madhya Pradesh have been d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madhya Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Madhya Pradesh - Natural Areas
Madhya Pradesh is home to several National Parks, including Bandhavgarh National Park, Kanha National Park, Satpura National Park, Sanjay...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madhya Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Madhya Pradesh - Geography
Madhya Pradesh in hindi can be translated to Central Province, and it is located in the geographic heart of India. The state straddles th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madhya Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Madhya Pradesh - Districts
see Districts of Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh state is made up of 48 districts, which are grouped into eight divisions: Bhopal, Chambal,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madhya Pradesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Madhya Pradesh - Rivers Of Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh represents great river basins and the watersheds of a number of rivers. Catchments of many rivers of India are lying in Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographics Of Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographics Of Singapore - Ethnic Groups
Singapore has been a country of immigrants since Sir Stamford Raffles founded the island in 1819. Though the Chinese group is clearly the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographics Of Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographics Of Singapore - Religion
Singapore generally allows religious freedom, although some religious sects are restricted or banned, such as Jehovah's Witness, due to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tulu Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Tulu Language - Geographic Distribution
There were references in few Malayalam works that the region stretching from Chandragiri river, now part of Kasaragod district of Kerala,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tulu Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Tulu Language - The Language
Lack of literary works has rendered the precise dating of the origin of this language very difficult. A claim that it predates Tamil is s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sindhi Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Sindhi Language - History
Sindhi was a very popular literary language around the 14th-18th centuries. This is when sufis such as Shah Abdul Latif (as well as numer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sindhi Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Sindhi Language - Sounds
Sindhi has a very rich sound inventory. It has 46 distinctive consonant phonemes (more than all the phonemes of English combined) and a f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sindhi Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Sindhi Language - Writing System
In Pakistan, Sindhi is written in a variant of the Arabic script, which was adopted under the encouragement of the British when Sindh fel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sankethi Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Sankethi Language - Phonology
The language is highly developed and differentiated in terms of the number of sounds used. It uses all the sounds in Sanskrit or Kannada ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sankethi Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Sankethi Language - Grammar
Sankethi has a rich vocabulary. As the community is very close-knit, there also kinship terms aplenty in the Sankethi language. There is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tamil Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Tamil Language - History
Like the other Dravidian languages, but unlike most of the other established literary languages of India, the origins of Tamil are indepe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tamil Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Tamil Language - Classification
Tamil is a member of the Tamil language family, which includes the Irula, Kaikadi, Betta Kurumba, Sholaga, and Yerukula languages. This g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tamil Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Tamil Language - Writing System
Tamil is atrocioulsy non-phonetic - the language itself could be read as dhamizh or thamizh in the native script. Tamil is subject to wel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tamil Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Tamil Language - Sounds
The Tamil alphabet has 12 vowels and 18 consonants. These combine to form 216 compound characters. There is one special character (aaytha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tamil Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Tamil Language - Grammar
Much of Tamil grammar is extensively described in the oldest available grammar book for Tamil, the Tolkāppiyam. Modern Tamil writing is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tamil Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Tamil Language - Vocabulary
Modern Tamil vocabulary still retains most of the words from classical Tamil. Due to this and because of the emphasis on learning classic...   » Read the article