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The People's Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI) is a linguistic survey launched in 2010 in order to update existing knowledge about the languages spoken in the modern republic of India. The survey was organized by the NGO Bhasha Research and Publication Centre, Baroda, founded by G. N. Devy, a social activist, and was conducted by 3500 ...
The Linguistic Survey of India (LSI) is a comprehensive survey of the languages of British India, describing 364 languages and dialects. [1] The Survey was first proposed by George Abraham Grierson , a member of the Indian Civil Service and a linguist who attended the Seventh International Oriental Congress held at Vienna in September 1886.
States and union territories of India by the spoken first language [1] [note 1]. The Republic of India is home to several hundred languages.Most Indians speak a language belonging to the families of the Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European (c. 77%), the Dravidian (c. 20.61%), the Austroasiatic (precisely Munda and Khasic) (c. 1.2%), or the Sino-Tibetan (precisely Tibeto-Burman) (c. 0.8%), with ...
The People's Linguistic Survey of India, a privately owned research institution in India, has recorded over 66 different scripts and more than 780 languages in India during its nationwide survey, which the organisation claims to be the biggest linguistic survey in India. [46] The People of India (POI) project of Anthropological Survey of India ...
Great Trigonometrical Survey: 1802 - 1806 East India Company: Linguistic Survey of India: 1894 - 1928 British Raj: Economic Survey of India: 1950 - present Ministry of Finance: National Family Health Survey: 1992 - present Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: National Achievement Survey: 2001 - present Ministry of Education: All India Survey ...
He is known for the People's Linguistic Survey of India [2] and the Adivasi Academy created by him. [3] He is credited with starting the Bhaashaa research and Publication Centre. [4] He writes in three languages—Marathi, Gujarati and English. His first full-length book in English is After Amnesia (1992). [5]
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Sir George Abraham Grierson OM KCIE FBA (7 January 1851 – 9 March 1941) was an Irish administrator and linguist in British India.He worked in the Indian Civil Service but an interest in philology and linguistics led him to pursue studies in the languages and folklore of India during his postings in Bengal and Bihar.