Linguistic Background of Ancient India

Principal Language Groups: India is a land of numerous languages. According to Grierson, the editor and compiler of The Linguistic Survey of India, nearly 180 languages and about 550 dialects are spoken by Indians. These languages belong to four important groups: the Austro-Asiatic, Tibeto-Burman, Dravidian, and Indo- Aryan. The Austro-Asiatic languages in India seem to be the earliest and are [...]