Anvita Abbi

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Anvita Abbi is an Indian linguist renowned for her pioneering work on the endangered languages of the Andaman Islands and other lesser-known South Asian languages.

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instanceOf Indian linguist ⓘ
academic ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
person ⓘ
awardReceived Kenneth Hale Award ⓘ
Padma Shri ⓘ
Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ
continentOfActivity Asia ⓘ
contributedTo documentation of oral traditions in Andamanese communities ⓘ
preservation of Great Andamanese language ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
educatedAt Cornell University ⓘ
University of Delhi ⓘ
employer Jawaharlal Nehru University ⓘ
fieldOfWork Andamanese languages ⓘ
linked to: Andamanese

South Asian languages ⓘ
endangered languages ⓘ
language documentation ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
focusesOn indigenous languages of India ⓘ
small language communities ⓘ
threatened linguistic varieties ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasPublishedOn Andamanese ethnolinguistics ⓘ
Great Andamanese grammar ⓘ
South Asian minority languages ⓘ
hasRole field linguist ⓘ
language documenter ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
knownFor documentation of lesser-known South Asian languages ⓘ
research on endangered languages of the Andaman Islands ⓘ
work on Great Andamanese language ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
memberOf linguistic scholarly community in India ⓘ
nationality Indian ⓘ
notableWork A Grammar of the Great Andamanese Language ⓘ
Dictionary of the Great Andamanese Language ⓘ
Endangered Languages of the Andaman Islands ⓘ
occupation linguist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
placeOfActivity Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
positionHeld professor of linguistics at Jawaharlal Nehru University ⓘ
researchInterest language endangerment ⓘ
language revitalization ⓘ
language typology ⓘ
workLocation New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India

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