Phonological Nativization of Arabic, Portuguese and English Loanwords in Odia

Languages come into contact through invasion, war, colonization, migration, trade and commerce between different communities. In India, for example, the Arab invasion of Sindh brought in the languages of the Arab world, such as Arabic, Turkish and Persian. Later, Portuguese, Dutch and English tradin...

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Main Author: Shashikanta Tarai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2012-12-01
Series:Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
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Online Access:http://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/87