Know about me!

Abhishek Avtans:

• Is in love with “LANGUAGES”, people, cultures, religions, faiths, places, food, Marxists, Vrindavan, Krsna and books
• Is in love with guitar and all things Rock and Roll
• Holds bachelors in Japanese language and postgraduate degrees in Linguistics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
• Has been associated with documentation of Great Andamanese language since 2005 and has participated in compilation of Great Andamanese Dictionary for JNU and SOAS.
• Is the coordinating Editor of Bhojpuri-Hindi-English Dictionary (2009) published by Central Institute of Hindi, Agra, India.
• Areas of interest include documentation of lesser known languages of India, Anthropological Linguistics, spatial semantics and computer aided lexicography.
• Has published in the areas of language documentation, language endangerment, languages of Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Hindi Grammar & lexicography and translation.
• Is the Project In-charge of the Mega Dictionary Making Project of 48 Hindi Varieties  at CIH, Agra

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Take a look at my Hindi Learning site also

http://sites.google.com/site/hindispekingtree/Home

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