The multi-volume People´s Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI), provides an overview of the extant and dying languages of India, as evolved till 2011, and as perceived by their speakers. The volumes chronicle the evolution of these languages in all their socio-political and linguistic dimensions, and encapsulate the worldview of their speakers.

The work addresses the need to look at the languages of indigenous people, minority communities, and the marginalised and bring them to the centre of compelling language debates in the contemporary world.

The States Series documents the languages prevalent across the states of India. The National Series brings together the languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The latter also focuses on Indian languages in the diaspora, foreign languages in India, Indian sign language(s),and language census, survey and policy.

• GN Devy talks about the issue with GenZ language and future on Human languages.  Watch the full interview
• Dr G N Devy was interviewed by
  • The New York Times on 11 June 2022. Click Here
  • The Better India on 8 April 2019. Click Here
• HINDUSTAN TIMES FB live session of Dr. G N Devy which was held on Aug 2, 2017 at HT Studio with Manjula Narayan: Click Here
• To download the list of PLSI Volumes: Click Here

Press Reviews

-India is a land of many ancestral cultures | The first speakers, The Telegraph. Click Here

- We are pleased to share the comprehensive interview that Elizabeth Kuruvilla (Mint editor) took of Dr. G. N. Devy during the event held in New Delhi recently: Click Here

- Business Line, New Delhi, 12th August 2015 : Click Here

- Express News Service, Vadodara,  7th August 2015 : Click Here