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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 ...
An April 2010 article in the online Times of India [9] mentions that the above project has been abandoned but then announces a new initiative following up on the original Grierson survey: the People's Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI) under the auspices of an NGO called the Bhasha Research and Publication Centre, and with Ganesh N. Devy as ...
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 ...
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]
People's Linguistic Survey of India, linguistic survey to update existing knowledge about the languages spoken in India Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title PLSI .
Almost a hundred years after Grierson's survey, the International Centre for Research on Bilingualism completed its sociolinguistic Survey of India (1983-86), covering 50 major and minor languages in the country. Originally it had been intended to cover all the written languages except Sanskrit and English, but not enough data were collected ...
Tobdan was the editor of the Himachal Pradesh volume of the People's Linguistic Survey of India, which was led by G.N. Devy (who was also the series editor). [24] [25] [4] He has been the member of the Governing Body of the Himachal Pradesh Academy of Arts, Culture, and Languages. [1]