G. N. 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. There, he worked towards conserving and promoting the languages and culture of indigenous and nomadic communities. Apart from being awarded the Padma Shri, he has received many awards for his work in literature and language conservation.

Balaram Pandey has been working on the languages of Sikkim and Nepal for the last twenty years. He is associated with many projects of CIIL Mysore, Sikkim Akademi, and Nepali Sahitya Parishad (Sikkim). His articles and research papers have been published in books and in national and international journals. He has also contributed towards the preparation of the Nepali Style Manual. His interests include folklore, literary criticism, sociolinguistics and history and culture of Northeast India.

TRANSLATOR

Chukey Bhutia is Assistant Professor, Sikkim University. Her areas of Specialization are Folk Literature  of  Bhutia Community , Feminist Studies, Status of Hindi in North East. She has written books on various aspects of Sikkim.

भारतीय भाषा लोक सर्वेक्षण  The People’s Linguistic Survey of India

राष्ट्रीय सम्पादक मंडल The National Editorial Collective

ग्रंथमाला List of Volumes

आभार Acknowledgements

भूमिका Foreword

मुख्य सम्पादकीय A Nation Proud of Its Language Diversity: Chief Editor’s Introduction

सम्पादकीय  Introduction to the Volume

अनुवादकीय Translator's Note

सहयोगी लेखकों की सूची Contributors to the Volume

पाठकों से एक अपील An Appeal to Readers

आकारादि क्रम में भाषाओं के नाम List of Languages Covered in this Volume

भाग I अनुसूचित भाषा PART I SCHEDULED LANGUAGE

1. नेपाली Nepali

भाग II गैर-अनुसूचित भाषाएं PART II NON-SCHEDULED LANGUAGES

1. कुलुड. Kulung
2. गुरुड.Gurung
3. तामाड.Tamang
4. तिब्ब्ती Tibetan
5. थामी Thami
6. नेवार Newar
7. भुजेल Bhujel
8. भोटिया Bhtia
9. मगर Magar
10. माझी Majhi
11. राई Rai
12. लिम्बु Limboo
13. लेप्चा Lepcha
14. शेर्पाSherpa
15. सुनुवार Sunuwar

परिशिष्ट I मानचित्र    Appendix I

परिशिष्ट II   लेखक परिचय Appendix II

शब्द-अनुक्रमणिका  Index