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V.I. SUBRAMONIAM COMMEMORATION VOLUMES Vol. I: Studies on Dravidian - Crown ¼, pp. xx + 515, Rs. 1,280/- (US$ 110/-) Vol. II: Studies on Indian Languages and Cultures – Crown ¼, pp. xx + 458, Rs. 1,150/- (US$ 105/-) Dravidian Syntactic Typology Sanford B. Steever, 2017, PB, Demy 1/8, pp. xiv + 162, Rs. 240/ - (US$ 24/ -) Vol 43 No. 8 Website www.ijdl.org Email: [email protected] ; [email protected] AUGUST 2019 A MONTHLY OF DRAVIDIAN LINGUISTIC ASSOCIATION OF INDIA 47th ALL INDIA CONFERENCE CONTENTS th 47 AICDL & ISLE – Inaugural Address 1 OF DRAVIDIAN LINGUISTS & Linguistic Minorities in Kerala 4 Obituary – Prof. Alibha Dakshi 5 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM Pathans of Kerala 5 on Language Endangerment To the Attention of all DLA Members 5 jksdfjksdfjlk sdfjksdjlfk dfjk sdfjkdjfk dfjkdfjk dfjkdjfk dfjkjkdjfk dfjkdjfk dfjkdkkd 20-22dkkdk Junedfkdfkdf 2019 jksdfjksdfjlk Prof. H.S. 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DLA and ISDL publications are now available at special discount. 1 sdfjkdjfk dfjkdfjk dfjkdjfk dfjkjkdjfk dfjkdjfk dfjkdkkd dkkdk Website: www.ijdl.org dfkdfkdfDLA News jksdfjksdfjlk Vol. 43 August sdfjksdjlfk 2019 dfjk sdfjkdjfk dfjkdfjk E-mail: [email protected] ; [email protected] dfjkdjfk dfjkjkdjfk dfjkdjfk dfjkdkkd dkkdk dfkdfkdf j 4343 ksdfjksdfjlk sdfjksdjlfk dfjk sdfjkdjfk dfjkdfjk dfjkdjfk of Linguistics are established in many universities, Prof. T.P. Meenakshisundaram, Prof. K. Kushalappa viz. Deccan College (Pune), Annamalai Gowda, Prof. S. Agestyalingam, Prof. S.V. Shanmugam, University, University of Kerala, Osmania Prof. P.S. Subrahmanyam, Prof. N. Kumaraswamy University are the earlier institutions. Later, in Raja, Prof. K. Prabhakara Warier, Prof. K. Murugayyan, Prof. Thinnappan, Prof. K. Bala- South India, Madurai Kamaraj University, Bharathiar University (Coimbatore), Karnatak subramaniam, Prof. K. Karunakaran, Prof. Srinivasa University (Dharwad), University of Mysore, Varma, Prof. N. Rajasekharan Nair, Prof. Natana Kannur University, Malayalam University started Sabapathy, Prof. M. Ganesan of Annamalai Departments of Linguistics. Among the Central University, Prof. M.M. Bhat, Prof. Shankara Universities established in 2009 in south India, Kedilaya, Prof. K. Kushalappa Gowda, Prof. Pon. only Central University of Karnataka and Central Kothandaraman, Prof. Prabhakara Warier, Prof. C. University of Kerala started Departments of Ramaswamy, Prof. N. Deivasundaram of Madras Linguistics. In Central University of Karnataka due University, Prof. Muthushanmugam, Prof. Israel, importance is given for Dravidian Linguistics and Prof. Subbayya of Madurai Kamaraj University, Dravidology in the curriculum of M.A. studies. Prof. Bh. Krishnamurti, Prof. H.S. Ananthanarayana, Prof. B.R.K. Reddy, Prof. C. Ramarao, Prof. In the 19 th and the beginning of the 20 th Somayaji, Prof. Donappa, Prof. Nagamma Reddy, century, many great scholars from Tamil, Prof. G. Umamaheshwara Rao, Prof. Panchanan Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam contributed to Mohanty, Prof. Bhakthavatsala Reddy of Osmania the field of comparative Dravidian and Dravidian and Andhra Universities, Prof. D. Javare Gowda, linguistics. Prof. A. Narasimhayya, Prof. R. Prof. H.M. Nayak, Prof. Somasekhara Gowda of Narasimhacharya, Dr. G.S. Gai, Prof. T.N. Mysore University, Prof. M. Chidananda Murthy, Shrikantayya, K.V. Subbayya, C.P. Venkatarama Prof. Hampa Nagarajayya, Prof. K.P. Bhat of Ayyar, K. Ramakrishnayya, L.V. Ramaswamy Bangalore University, Prof. R.C. Hiremath, Ayyar, K. Godavarma are very prominent Indians Prof. C.R. Sankaran, Prof. J.S. Kulli, Prof. William scholars in this respect whose contributions are Madtha, Prof. K. Anban, Prof. A. Murigeppa, remarkable. The western scholars who served in Prof. H.M. Maheshwaraiah of Karnataka University, India also contributed to the field of Dravidian The second phase of Prof.the S. Orientation Saundattimath Course of Gulbarga University, linguistics. Scholars like Rev. F. Kittel, Rev. for language teachers Prof. D.N.S. Bhat, Prof. H.S. Biligiri, Prof. Peri Gundert, Rev. R. Caldwell, Prof. M.V. Emeneau, th Bhaskarawas held Rao on of7 andDeccan College, Prof. A. Prof. T. Burrow, Prof. Kamil V. Zvelebil have th Chandrasekhar8 February and2019 Prof.at Subba Rao of Delhi made this field very rich by their exemplary V.I. Subramoniam University,Memorial ISDLProf. Complex, D.P. Pattanayak, Prof. E. contributions. Annamalai,Menamkulam. Prof. Tirumalai,The Prof. Gnanasundaram, In all these institutions, a big group of Prof.course K. beganRamaswamy, with an Prof. B.B. Rajapurohit, Dravidologists have done a remarkable job. Dr. inauguralUpadhyaya, session Dr. Susheela in which P. Upadhyaya, Prof. Naduvattom Dr. R. Prof. V.I. Subramoniam, Prof. G.K. Panikkar, Mahadevan,Gopalakrishnan Dr. Gurubasave welcomed Gowda, the gathering.Dr. L. Prof. V.R. Prabodhachandran Nair, former Prof. Naduvattom Gopalakrishnan, Prof. Prabodha- Ramamoorthy, Prof. Pon. Subbayya, Prof. Umarani chandran Nayar, Prof. A.P. Andrewskutty, PappuswamyHead ofand CIIL -Professor Mysore, Prof. of Chidambaranatha Linguistics, University of Kerala and the recipient of Prof. B. Gopinathan Nair, Prof. P. Somasekharan Pillai,