Zvelebil, Kamil V.: Nilgiri Areal Studies. Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Edited by J. Vacek and J. Dvořák, Philologica Monographia CXXXIII, Prague, The Karolinum Press, 2001, 535 str.
ISBN 80-7184-945-6, ISSN 0567-8269
Authorised complete edition of Prof. K. V. Zvelebil’s work in Nilgiri linguistics and ethnography for the last almost 50 years. The author added a comprehensive Introduction (pp. 17-37), in which he provides a more general view of the problems of the study of the Nilgiri area and of its languages.
Contents briefly:
I. General Survey
II. Early Reports (1954-1955)
III. Irula Language and Culture
IV. Other Nilgiri Languages and Cultures
V. Nigliri Areal Studies
VI. Reviews
VII. Appendices
The work has the character of a monograph. It is provided with detailed indexes and extensive bibliography on the topic.