Babu Kohyabhai Suthar () is a

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writer, linguist, journalist and academic from

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. Born and educated in India, he was a lecturer in South Asia Studies at the

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in 2003, at the time the only full-time instructor in this language in North America at the university level. As a linguist, he is primarily interested in South Asian Linguistics and Typological Linguistics and has completed PhD on Agreement in Gujarati at the

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, under Bharati Modi. He had stint as journalist with the Gujarati newspaper ''

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'' prior to taking up full-time academic pursuits. He has written on linguistic philosophy as well as on literary theories in Gujarati, including a recently published co-authored piece on Gujarati language in

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(RoutledgeCurzon, 2003). With his roots in Panchamahals district of Gujarat he has done several studies on the post-modern nuances of Gujarati idiom at his home territory. He has also prepared extensive language materials: three textbooks, one learner's dictionary as well as several other materials for teaching Gujarati, including Gujarati thematic vocabulary, pedagogic grammar and Parts of Speech. Suthar has published four experimental novels called ''Kachando ane Darpan'', ''Shrimad Kagadapachchisi'', ''Vakyakatha'' and ''Valgad'', and the fifth, ''Nidraviyoga'', is in press. He has a published poem collection ''Gurujaapa'', while a second ''Sapphera'' is in press. His short stories Dhuliyo and Lulo have been translated in English. He has also written a long fairy tale for children, ''Ek Hato Chhokaro'', commissioned by the Ministry of Culture in India. He was an editor of ''Sandhi'', a Gujarati quarterly.

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Gujarati Language and LiteratureBabu Suthar's Gujarati-English Dictionary
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