India (Lonely Planet Phrasebook)

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Over one billion people speaking in 22 official languages - it'd be easy to mistake your Kashmiri from your Konkani, but not with this little beauty in your backpack. You'll be conversing effortlessly across the whole inspiring land.
This phrasebook covers: Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Marwari (Rajasthani), Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
Covers 15 of the 22 languages
Thorough food and culture section
Practicalities like transport and accommodation
Maps to show you what language is spoken where
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Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Shahara Ahmed, Richard Delacy, Omkar N. Koul, Aruna Magier, Hari Prasad Nadig, Bert Naik, Amrit Parmar, Jatinder Singh, and Madhu Thaker.