प्रस्थान: भाषा स्वत्व गणेश देवी

The Peoples’ Linguistic Survey of India is a right based movement for carrying out a nation-wide survey of Indian languages especially languages of fragile communities such as nomadic, coastal, island, hill and forest communities.

This book is Part 1 of Volume 1 ( Prastavana : Bhashaka Svatva (Hindi)) of The People's Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI) undertaken and executed by Bhasha Research and Publication Center, Baroda.

The first volume of the PLSI series brings to the reader the journey undertaken in 2010, by a group of visionaries led by Dr G.N. Devy to document the languages of India as they existed then. The aim of the People’s Linguistic Survey of India was to document these languages, spoken in India’s remotest corners. India’s towns and cities too have found a voice in this survey. What this journey did was to bring a groundswell of support from people from all walks of life, leading to The Being of Bhasha.

This volume discusses the living Indian languages; language : speech and writing; what is People’s Linguistic Survey about; The PLSI process; and the Being of Bhasha followed by four appendinces on some growing non-scheduled languages; UNESCO list of languages in danger; unclassified mother tongues in the 1961 Census; and the list of Indian languages known to the country.

समर्पित है (Samrpit hai) Dedication
आभार (Aabhar) Acknowledgements
भूमिका (Bhumika) Prologue
अनुवादकीय (Anuvadkiya) Translator’s Note
राष्ट्रीय संपादक मंडल (Rashtriya Sampadak Mandal) The National Editorial Collective
भारतीय भाषा लोक सर्वेक्षण (ग्रंथमाला) (Bhartiya Bhasha Lok Sarvekshan (Granthmala)) List of Volumes
भारतीय भाषा लोक सर्वेक्षण (Bhartiya Bhasha Lok Sarvekshan)

जीवित भारतीय भाषाएँ (Jeevit Bhartiya Bhashayen) The Living Indian Languages
भाषा : वाक् एवं लेखन (Bhasha : Vaak evam Lekhan) Language: Speech and Writing
लोक भाषा सर्वेक्षण क्या है? (Lok Bhasha Sarvekshan Kya Hai?) What is the People’s Linguistic Survey?
भारतीय भाषा लोक सर्वेक्षण प्रक्रिया (Bhartiya Bhasha Lok Sarvekshan Prakriya) The PLSI Process
भाषाका स्वत्व (Bhashaka Svatva) The Being of Bhasha

संदर्भ (Sandarbh) References
परिशिष्ट 1 – अनुसूची में असूचीबद्ध कुछ उदीयमान भाषाएँ
(Parishisht 1 – Anusuchi me Ashuchibddha kuch Udiyman Bhashayen)
Appendix 1: Some Growing Non-Scheduled Languages

परिशिष्ट 2 – यूनेस्को की सूची में शामिल संकटग्रस्त भाषाएँ
(Parishisht 2 – Unesco ki Suchi me Shamil Sankatgrast Bhashayen)
Appendix 2: The UNESCO List of Languages in Danger

परिशिष्ट 3 – 1961 की जनगणना के अनुसार असूचीबद्ध ‘मातृ भाषाएँ’
(Parishisht 3 – 1961 ki Janganna ke Anusar Ashuchibddha ‘Matra Bhashayen’)
Appendix 3: The Unclassified ‘Mother Tongues’ in the 1961 Census

परिशिष्ट 4 – भारत की ज्ञात भाषाएँ
(Parishisht 4 – Bharat ki Gyaat Bhashayen)
Appendix 4: Languages Known to the Country

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