Editor's foreword Roger D. Woodard; 1. Language in ancient Asia and the Americas: an introduction Roger D. Woodard; 2. Sanskrit Stephanie W. Jamison; 3. Middle Indic Stephanie W. Jamison; 4. Old Tamil Sanford B. Steever; 5. Old Persian Rüdiger Schmitt; 6. Avestan Mark Hale; 7. Pahlavi Mark Hale; 8. Ancient Chinese Alain Peyraube; 9. Mayan Victoria R. Bricker; 10. Epi-Olmec (Zapotec Appendix) Terrence Kaufman and John Justeson; Appendix 1. Reconstructed ancient languages Don Ringe; Appendix 2. Full table of contents from The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.
A convenient, portable paperback derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.
Roger D. Woodard is the Andrew Van Vranken Raymond Professor of the Classics at the University of Buffalo. His numerous publications include The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages (2004).
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