Of Fanas and Forecastles: The Indian Ocean and Some Lost Languages of the Age of Sail

In the age of the sailing ship, indigenous sailors from the Indian Ocean area - Arabs, Chinese, east Africans, Filipinos, Malays and south Asians - made up the "lascars". This truly diverse group gave the world, in the 18th and the 19th centuries, the Laskari language, the language of comm...

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Veröffentlicht in:Economic and Political Weekly. - Sameeksha Trust, 1966. - 43(2008), 25, Seite 56-62
1. Verfasser: Ghosh, Amitav (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2008
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Economic and Political Weekly
Schlagworte:Applied sciences Information science Linguistics Physical sciences Political science Social sciences Business Behavioral sciences Economics