computers and Indology

Fri May 8 15:43:52 UTC 1998

On Fri, 8 May 1998, N. Ganesan wrote:

> What is CDIAL? Never heard of it.
> Is it a kind of historical dictionary?
> For what Indian languages, CDIAL is available?

Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, by R. L. Turner,
Oxford, 1966. Indexes 1969; Phonetic Analysis 1971; Addenda and Corrigenda
1985. A classic. I believe work on a volume of further addenda is under
way.

John Smith

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