Linguistic survey of India.
Contributors: Grierson, George Abraham, Sir, 1851-1941.
Publisher: Office of the superintendent of government printing, India
Published: 1903
Place of publication: Calcutta
Language: eng; inc
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: India -- Languages
Notes: Vol. 1 "will contain a summary and review of the whole work".
"An introductory sketch, a bibliography, and a brief account of the grammar is provided for each language," also, "a comparative list of words, grammatical forms, and test-phrases."
"Except in a few trifling instances, each dialect and sub-dialect is represented by a version of the parable of the prodigal son, printed in the vernacular character, when such exists, and also in the roman character ... Other specimens of the more important dialects are also given. These are mainly pieces of folklore recorded in the actual words of the persons who narrated them."--Note inserted in vol. v. pt. 1.
Supplemented by: "Vol. I. Supplement II. Addenda et corrigenda minora" (2 p. l., 48 numb. l.  35 cm.) published: Calcutta, Government of India central publication branch, 1927.  CALL NUMBER: PK1508.A5 Suppl
Table of contents: title: I. pt. 1. Introductory, by G.A. Grierson. 1927.pt. 2. Comparative vocabulary, by G. A. Grierson. 1928.; title: II. Mōn Khmēr and Siamese-Chinese families (including Khassi and Tai). Comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1904.; title: III. Tibeto-Burman family, comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson: pt. I. (1909)  General introduction. Specimens of the Tibetan dialects, the Himalayan dialects and the North Assam group.  pt. II (1903) Specimens of the Bodo, Nāgā, and Kachin groups. [The Kachin section was prepared by Dr. Sten Konow]  pt. III. Specimens of the Kuki-Chin and Burma groups. 1904.; title: IV. Mundā and Dravidian languages. Comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1906.; title: V. Indo-Aryan family. Eastern group. Comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson: pt. I. Specimens of the Bengali and Assamese languages. 1903. pt. II. Specimens of the Bihārī and Oriyā languages. 1903.; title: VI. Indo-Aryan family.  Mediate group. Specimens of the eastern Hindi language. Comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1904.; title: VII. Indo-Aryan family. Southern group. Specimens of the Marāthī language. Comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1905.; title: VIII. Indo-Aryan family. North-western group: pt. I. Specimens of Sindhī and Lahndā. Comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1919. pt. II. Specimens of the Dardic or Piśācha languages (including Kāshmiri) Comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1919.; title: IX. Indo-Aryan family. Central group: pt. I. Specimens of western Hindi and Pañjābī. Collected and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1916. pt. II. Specimens of the Rājasthāni and Gujarāti. Collected and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1908. pt. III. The Bhīl languages, including Khāndēśi, Banjari or Labhānī, Bahrūpia, &c. Comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1907. pt. IV. Specimens of the Pahārī languages and Gujurī. Collected and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1916.; title: X. Specimens of languages of the Eranian family. Comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1921.; title: XI. Gypsy languages. Comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1922.