The Munda Maritime Hypothesis

On the basis of historical linguistic and language geographic evidence, the authors advance the novel hypothesis that the Munda languages originated on the east coast of India after their Austroasiatic precursor arrived via a maritime route from Southeast Asia, 3,500 to 4,000 years ago. Based on the...

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Main Authors: Felix Rau, Paul Sidwell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Hawaii Press 2019-09-01
Series:Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52454