MSS EUR HODGSON/91 Dialect book of Bahing Kiranti and Khasa languages 1850s
Grammar, phrases, verb patterns, paradigms in Khasa, Bahing and English, ethnographic note on Khasa and BahingKiranti at the end of the book, nine books altogether (ff. 1-46 Book 1, ff. 47-94 Book 2, ff. 95-142 Book 3, ff. 143-191 Book 4, ff. 192-239 Book 5, ff. 240-287 Book 6, ff. 288-335 Book 7, ff. 336-381 Book 8, ff. 382-429 Book 9) (416-429 blank and 410b-415 ethnographic description).
1[vol.91 fol(s)1-415] Dialect or Grammar book of Khasa and Bahing languages (9 books bound in one) 1850s Hand-made paper, fine condition, rough writing with lots of corrections and addenda, cover of the volume has deteriorated.
English Nepali Hindi Rai-Kiranti Bahing, Khasa
Grammar, phrases, verb patterns, paradigms in Khasa (i.e. Nepali), Bahing and English, ethnographic note at the end of the book, nine books altogether covering participles, transitive, intransitive, reflective, indicative, imperative, infinitive, gerundive sentences, both active and passive constructions, all three tenses etc. (ff. 1-46 Book 1, ff. 47-94 Book 2, ff. 95-142 Book 3, ff. 143-191 Book 4, ff. 192-239 Book 5, ff. 240-287 Book 6, ff. 288-335 Book 7, ff. 336-381 Book 8, ff. 382-429 Book 9) (416-429 blank and 410b-415 ethnographic description) [Hodgson_1858:171-176][Hodgson_1880:??]; first folio has very rough list of Bahing words with some English translations and title description; folio 94b has a few Bahing phrases with Hindi translation written in pencil; title description in the beginning of each book. Van Driem [van Driem_1991:336-356] (1991) discusses the process of morphological decay illustrated by comparing Hodgson's data with that of Michailovsky [Michailovsky_1975:213-218]. See also the discussion in [van Driem_2001:722-724].