Language in historical context / R.E. Asher
Typological characteristics of South Asian languages / Karumuri V. Subbarao
Hindi, Urdu, Hindustani / Yamuna Kachru
Persian in South Asia / S.A.H. Abidi and Ravinder Gargesh
Major regional languages / Tej K. Bhatia
Minority languages and their status / Rakesh M. Bhatt & Ahmar Mahboob
Tribal languages / Anvita Abbi
Sanskrit in the South Asian sociolinguistic context / Madhav Deshpande
Traditions of language study in South Asia / Ashok Aklujkar
Contexts of multilingualism / E. Annamalai
Language contact and convergence in South Asia / S.N. Sridhar
Pidgins, creoles, and bazaar Hindi / Ian Smith
Orality and literacy / Rama Kant Agnihotri
Writing systems of major and minor languages / Peter T. Daniels
Language politics and conflicts in South Asia / Robert D. King
Language and modernization in Kannada / S.N. Sridhar
Language in social and ethnic interaction / Yamuna Kachru
Language and the legal system / Vijay K. Bhatia and Rajesh Sharma
Language in the media and advertising / Tej K. Bhatia and Robert J. Baumgardner
Language in cinema / Wimal Dissanayake
Language of religion / Rajeshwari Pandharipande
Language and gender / Tamara M. Valentine
Dalit literature, language, and identity / Eleanor Zelliot
Language and youth culture / Rukmini Bhaya Nair
South Asian languages in the second diaspora / Rajend Mesthrie
South Asian diaspora in Europe and the United States
Kamal K. Sridhar.
Language in South Asia. ISBN 9780521786539. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.