In this paper we will explore the nature of English as it is used in one Muslim country and
argue that, far from being a colonizing language, English used in Pakistan reflects Islamic …

Two primed naming experiments tested the orthographic depth hypothesis in skilled
biliterate readers of Hindi and Urdu. These languages are very similar on the spoken level …

Investigating the communicative practices of indigenous Santali speakers in eastern India,
Nishaant Choksi examines the overlooked role of script in regional movements for autonomy …

In sociolinguistics, Urdu and Hindi are considered to be textbook examples of digraphia—a
linguistic situation in which varieties of the same language are written in different scripts …

Linguistic anthropologists have used the concept of “scale” to describe how everyday
interactions are linked to global flows and movements, particularly in the urban centers of E …

The Khōjā of Tanzania: Discontinuities of a Postcolonial Religious Identity attempts to
reconstruct the development of Khōjā religious identity from their arrival to the Swahili coast …

This article explores the ideological selection of linguistic features as emblems. Building on
the notion of raciolinguistic enregisterment, it examines why the Cantonese tone system …

The writing systems of Persian, Urdu, and Pashto draw from a common script (Arabic) with
adaptations to represent sounds specific to each language. With the aim of presenting a …

This article discusses the way in which assemblages of technologies, political institutions,
and practices of exchange have rendered both language and script a site for an ongoing …

Certain combinations of languages and scripts have come to take on indexical properties
within the world of advertising in northern India. Such properties are regimented by what is …