Anvita Abbi

Anvita Abbi
Abbi at Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
Born (1949-01-09) 9 January 1949 (age 75)
Agra, United Provinces, Dominion of India
Occupation(s)Scholar and linguist
AwardsPadma Shri
Rashtriya Lok Bhasha Sammaan
All India Institute of Advanced Study Fellowship
Gold Medal - Delhi University
SOAS Leverhume Professor
Max Planck Institute Visiting Scientist/> Kenneth Hale Award - Linguistic Society of America (2015)
Websitewww.andamanese.net

Professor Anvita Abbi (born 9 January 1949) is an Indian linguist and scholar of minority languages, known for her studies on tribal languages and other minority languages of South Asia.[1] In 2013, she was honoured with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award by the Government of India for her contributions to the field of linguistics.[2]

  1. ^ "Lsi" (PDF). Lsi. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Padma 2013". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2014.