A Sketch Of The Modern Languages Of The East Indies - PAPERBACK

About the Book:-The studious reader of Mr. Arnold's verse will have added richly to his store of Oriental knowledge infused in every page of this delightful volume. No other English poet has ever thrown his genius and his art so thoroughly into the work of translating Eastern ideas as Mr. Arnold has done in his splendid paraphrases of language contained in these mighty epics. The poem abounds with imagery of Eastern luxuriousness and sensuousness; the air seems laden with the spicy odours of the tropics, and the verse has a richness and a melody sufficient to captivate the senses of the dullest. This book is an over-view of the various branches of languages spoken in the east. The book covers 1) The Aryan Family, 2) Dravidian Family, 3) Kolarian Family, 4) Tibeto-Burman Family, 5) Khasi Family, 6) Tai Family, 7) Mon-Anam Family, and 7) the Malayan Family. The book accompanied by Two Language-Maps to make it more interesting. The book was first published in 2000. About the Author:-Robert Needham Cust (1821 – 1909) was a British administrator and judge in colonial India apart from being an Anglican evangelist and linguist. He was part of the Orientalism movement and active within the British and Foreign Bible Society. He was a prolific writer and wrote on a range of subjects. He was educated at Eton College, Trinity College, Cambridge, Haileybury (1840–42) and the College of Fort William, Calcutta, graduating from the last-named institution in 1844. He then worked in the Bengal Civil Services for the East India Company, in Hoshiarpur and Ambala (assistant to the magistrate), in India.After retiring to England Cust devoted himself to scientific research, philanthropy, and magisterial and municipal duties, declining reappointments in India. He was a member and officer in many scientific, philanthropic, and religious societies and a prolific writer.