The Languages of the Northern Himalayas

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Excerpt from The Languages of the Northern Himalayas: Being Studies in the Grammar of Twenty-Six Himalayan DialectsSfisi is spoken in the plains, but it seemed advisable to print here the Sfisi Glossaries. They are of great philological interest, as indeed are all secret vocabularies. There are many such vocabularies in the Panjab, some of them frankly criminal, but it is not easy to get any knowledge of them. The tribes who speak them are often migratory, and in any case it is difficult to attain to such terms of intimacy with them as will induce any of their members to impart the secret of their speech. That friendship with them will ultimately lead to the breaking down of the barrier of concealment one may readily believe. As a case in point I may mention that for two or three years I have known a tribe of monkey-trainers, conjurers and bear-dancers (qalandar and Medan). Quite recently they have laid aside their reserve and initiated me into their language and rites and customs.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.