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MSS EUR HODGSON/91 Dialect book of Bahing Kiranti and Khasa languages 1850s |
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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). |
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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. |
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English Nepali Hindi Rai-Kiranti Bahing, Khasa
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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]. |