The People’s
Linguistic Survey of India                                                     
The National
Editorial Collective                                                                          
List of Volumes                                                                                       
Foreword                                                                                               
A Nation Proud
of Its Language Diversity: Chief Editor’s Introduction         
Introduction to
the Volume                                                                       
Contributors to
the Volume                                                                       
A Note on the
Scripts used in Jammu & Kashmir                                         
List of
Languages Covered in this Volume                                                              
Symbols and
Abbreviations                                                                       
PART
I: LANGUAGES IN THE EIGHTH SCHEDULE 
1. Dogri                                                                                                
Veena Gupta 
2. Kashmiri                                                                                           
Omkar N. Koul and Roop Krishen Bhat 
PART II: NON-SCHEDULED AND
MINOR LANGUAGES 
3. Balti                                                                                                  
Irshad Ahmad Naikoo 
4. Bhadrawahi                                                                                                 
Pritam Krishen Kaul 
5. Brokskat                                                                                          
N. Ramaswami 
6. Burushaski                                                                                       
Sanna Usman 
7. Gojri                                                                                                
Javaid Rahi 
8. Kishtawari                                                                                       
Omkar N. Koul 
9. Kohistani                                                                                         
Parvaiz Ahmad Ganai 
10. Ladakhi                                                                                         
Konchok Tashi 
11. Pashtu                                                                                            
Aejaz Mohammed Sheikh and Sameer Ahmad Kuchey 
12. Poguli                                                                                            
Neelofar Hussain Wani and Aadil Amin Kak 
13. Punchi                                                                                           
Updesh Kour 
14. Sheikha Gal                                                                                   
Rahila Safdar 
15. Shina                                                                                             
Musavir Ahmed and Tanveer Ahmed 
16. Siraji                                                                                              
Shabir Ahmed Bhat and Sahar Niaz 
PART III: OTHER LANGUAGES 
17. Sanskrit in Kashmir                                                                       
T. N. Dhar Kundan 
18. Persian Influence on
Kashmiri                                                       
Omkar N. Koul 
19. Hindi-Urdu and Kashmiri                                                              
Omkar N. Koul 
20. Hindi in Jammu &
Kashmir                                                           
Rattan Lal Shant 
21. Urdu in Kashmir                                                                            
Nazir Ahmed Dhar
Index                                                                                                               
List of Charts and Maps
Distribution of Indian
languages 
Language distribution in
Jammu & Kashmir 
Political map of Jammu
& Kashmir 
Linguistic areas of Jammu,
Kashmir and Ladakh