Abhishek Avtans अभिषेक अवतंस 🌐 (avtansa)

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I think Odia / Oriya is the least discussed/researched language in linguistics academia among the 22 scheduled languages of India. Why?

Ghosts of Shimla, Mussoorie, Dalhousie Lahore, Peshawar...Dak Bunglows on GT road, Rudyard Kipling (My own true… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns
In this map of world languages, red dots mark languages with 'multiple polite… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

A special connection btw Amsterdam and Mokama in Bihar (India)
In Amsterdam's Jewish community the city has been… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

In Scottish & English Banyan-Days means hard times.The phrase comes from H/U बनिया baniyā (merchant) ≤ Sans… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

A on Wren & Martin
Learners of English in post-Independence India, would have certainly come across the legendry b… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Didn't know that -
The capital city of Uzbekistan "Bukhara" and Indian state of "Bihar", both owe their origi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Linguistic Assimilation in the Hindi / Urdu world: a
In pre-independence India, BHU's Faculty of Arts was known am… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

til तिल ( = sesame)
In my childhood, I always looked forward to the month of January, primarily because of sweets… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Erratum : Seems, there is a vowel confusion in my previous tweet, since Thai named the cyclone Amphan อำาพัน (whi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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