Gail Coelho, Ph.D. (2003, University of Texas at Austin), is Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Delhi. She has several publications in language analysis and documentation, including The Re-emergence of Finite Serial Verbs in South Dravidian (Walter de Gruyter, 2012).

• AcknowledgementsIllustrationsSymbols and Abbreviations1 Introduction1.1 General Overview1.2 Overview of the Language1.3 Grammatical Information1.4 The Physical and Social Context1.5 The Texts in This BookPart 1 Folktales2 Prelude to the Folktales2.1 General Overview2.2 The Storytellers2.3 The Folktales in English Translation3 The Turban Maker4 The Fish Prince5 The Offended Daughter6 The Prince Who Subdivided HimselfPart 2 Dialogues7 Prelude to the Dialogues7.1 General Overview7.2 Cultural Background7.3 The Dialogues in English Translation8 Aspects of Community Life8.1 Catching Fish8.2 Cooking Fish8.3 Gathering Forest Honey8.4 Building Houses8.5 The Head of the Clan8.6 The binji: a Spirit Invocation Ritual8.7 Working with Elephants8.8 An Encounter with a Wild Bear8.9 Traditional Healing9 Legends about Deities10 Legends about AncestorsGlossaryReferencesIndex

"The texts in ATBK are only a part of those that Coelho has collected over the past quarter century. Dravidian scholars will applaud her admirable achievement and look forward to the future publication of additional texts and grammatical analysis of this fascinating, understudied language. ATBK is the foundational study on which all subsequent study of BK will stand."-Sanford B Steever, in Linguist List, Tue Oct 01 2019.