The Editors

Ganesh Devy is the chief editor of the PLSI series. He taught at the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, till 1996 before leaving to set up the Bhasha Research Centre in Baroda and the Adivasi Akademi at Tejgadh, where he worked towards conserving and promoting the languages and culture of indigenous and nomadic communities. Apart from being awarded the Padma Shri (2014), he has received many awards for his work in literature and language conservation.

Sankar Prasad Singha is retired Professor, Department of English, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal. In 2002–03, he was selected as a Commonwealth Post-Doctoral Fellow and joined King’s College, London. He has authored, edited and translated seven books.

Indranil Acharya is a Professor in the Department of English at Vidyasagar University, West Bengal. In addition to teaching, he is engaged in research on Dalit and Adivasi (Indigenous) languages and literatures. He has presented several papers on endangered languages and cultures at seminars in India and abroad. Recently, he completed a research project on an endangered form of folk theatre in West Bengal. He has authored, edited and translated several books, and his research papers have been published in numerous national and international journals. He is also the editor of Janajati Darpan, the only multilingual journal dedicated to indigenous studies in Bengal.

The Translator

N. Lakshmi ‘Priya’ is an Assistant Professor and Head of the Department at Mahatma Gandhi Government College, Mayabunder. Several of her books have been published, including Yayavar Panchhi Ka Geet and Shunya Se Lauta Hoon. She has also translated The Languages of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (PLSI, Volume 2, Part 1) from English into Hindi. She works as a translator from English into Tamil, Kannada and Hindi. She has been honoured with the Surya Antarbharti Bhasha Samman 2019, Sahitya Sammelan Shatabdi Samman 2015, and Vidyasagar Manav Upadhi 2016.

विषयानुक्रम    CONTENTS

• भारतीय भाषा लोक सर्वेक्षण      The People’s Linguistic Survey of India
• राष्ट्रीय संपादक मंडल     The National Editorial Collective
• भारतीय भाषा लोक सर्वेक्षण (ग्रंथमाला)    List of Volumes
• आभार   Acknowledgements
• कॉपीराइट संबंधी आभार   Copyright Acknowledgements
• भूमिका  Foreword
• मुख्य संपादकीय    A Nation Proud of Its Language Diversity: Chief Editor’s Introduction
• संपादकीय    Editorial
• खंड परिचय   Introduction to the Volume
• अनुवादकीय    Translator's Note 
• पाठकों से निवेदन     An Appeal to Readers
• भारतीय भाषा वितरण (जनगणना 2011 के आधार पर)  Indian Language Census
• सहयोगी लेखकों की सूची    List of Contributors
• अकारादि क्रम में पश्चिम बंगाल की भाषाओं के नाम  List of Languages covered in this Volume

भाग 1 : अनुसूचित भाषाएँ  SCHEDULED LANGUAGES
1. उर्दू      Urdu
2. नेपाली   Nepali
3. बांग्ला    Bangla
4. बोडो     Bodo
5. संथाली   Santhali

भाग 2 : गैर-अनुसूचित भाषाएँ   NON-SCHEDULED LANGUAGES
6. कुरमाली    Kurmali
7. कुरुख    Kurukh
8. कोरा      Kora
9. कोल हयाम    Kol Hayam
10. खरिया सबर    Kharia Sabar
11. गारो   Garo
12. टोटो     Toto
13. डुकपा   Dukpa
14. तामाङ  Tamang
15. धीमल   Dhimal
16. बिरहोर   Birhorh
17. बेड़िया    Bedia
18. बैगानी    Baigani
19. महाली अलखंड   Mahali Alakhand
20. मालपहाड़िया   Malpaharia
21. मुंडारी   Mundari
22. राजबंशी    Rajbanshi
23. राभा   Rabha
24. लिम्बु   Limbu
25. लेप्चा    Lepcha
26. लोधा सबर  Lodha Sabar
27. शेरपा   Sherpa
28. सादरी   Sadri
29. उत्तर बंगाल की लुप्तप्राय भाषाएँ    The Endangered Languages of North Bengal

संदर्भ ग्रंथ सूची    Bibliography
परिशिष्ट    APPENDIX
परिशिष्ट-I         मानचित्र     PoliticalMapofWestBengal
परिशिष्ट–II      लेखक-अनुवादक परिचय    Author–Translator introductions

शब्द-अनुक्रमणिका   Index