BODDING, The Rev. P. O.. — Materials for a Santali Grammar 2 Volumes: I: Mostly Phonetic (Second Edition): II Mostly Morphological (First Edition).

Dumka, The Santal Mission of the Northern Churches. 1930, 1929. 2 volumes, original edition. Printed covers, [iv])160pp.b/w plates in back. iv+336pp. Removable protective cellophane. In good condition. Clean and tight. Santali, Bengali: ????????, Odia: ????????, Devanagari: ??????, also known as Santal or Santhali, is the most widely-spoken language of the Munda subfamily of the Austroasiatic languages, related to Ho and Mundari, spoken mainly in the Indian states of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Odisha, Tripura and West Bengal. The author Paul Olaf Bodding (1865 – 1938) was a Norwegian missionary, linguist and folklorist and served in India (Dumka) for 44 years.