The Chief Editor
Ganesh 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 Academy at Tejgadh, where he worked towards conserving and promoting the languages and culture of indigenous and nomadic communities. Apart from being awarded the Padma Shri (2014), he has received many awards for his work in literature and language conservation.

The Volume Editors
Dr. D. P. Pattanayak, is former Founder-Director of the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore. His publications include A Controlled Historical Reconstruction of Oriya, Assamese, Bengali, and Hindi (1966), Multilingualism and Mother-tongue Education (1981), Orissa, Oriya and the Multilingual Context (2003) and Language, Education, and Culture (2014). He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1987 for his contribution towards adding Bodo to the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India. He has also played a significant role in promoting Odia to the status of classical language. At present, he is the Chairman of Institute of Odia Studies and Research, Bhubaneswar.

Mahendra Kumar Mishra is a prominent folklorist and a practitioner of multilingual education in Odisha. He has awarded with the prestigious Padmshri award for the year 2026. He has several awards and honours to his credit and is the author of Saora Tales and Songs (2005), Oral Epics of Kalahandi (2007), Oral Poetry of Kalahandi (2008) and Aznul: Saora Tales (2004).

The Translator
N. Lakshmi ‘Priya’ is an Assistant Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Rajakeeya Mahavidyalaya Sri Vijayapuram. Several of her books have been published, including Yayavar Panchhi Ka Geet and Shunya Se Lauta Hoon. She has also translated The Languages of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (PLSI, Volume 2, Part 1) from English into Hindi. She works as a translator from English into Tamil, Kannada and Hindi. She has been honoured with the Surya Antarbharti Bhasha Samman 2019, Sahitya Sammelan Shatabdi Samman 2015, and Vidyasagar Manav Upadhi 2016.

विषयानुक्रम         CONTENTS

भारतीय भाषा लोक सर्वेक्षण      The People’s Linguistic Survey of India
राष्ट्रीय संपादक मंडल      The National Editorial Collective
भारतीय भाषा लोक सर्वेक्षण (ग्रंथमाला)       List of Volumes
आभार गणेश देवी     Acknowledgements
भूमिका डी. पी. पट्टनायक      Foreword
मुख्य संपादकीय गणेश देवी      A Nation Proud of Its Language Diversity: Chief Editor’s Introduction
अनुवादकीय एन. लक्ष्मी‘प्रिया’      Translator’s Notes
पाठकों से निवेदन      An Appeal to Readers
सहयोगी लेखकों की सूची       Contributors to the Volume
अकारादि क्रम में ओडिशा की भाषाओं के नाम     List of Languages Covered in the Volume

भाग 1 : अनुसूचित भाषाएँ       SCHEDULED LANGUAGES
1. ओडिया      Odia
2. संथाली      Santhali
भाग 2 : जनजातीय  भाषाएँ       TRIBAL LANGUAGES
3. अग्रिया      Agria
4. ओलार गदबा      Olar Gadaba
5. ओलारपाटे      Olaarpaate
6. कमार      Kamar
7. किसान      Kisan
8. कुई      Kui
9. कुभी      Kuwi
10. कुरमाली      Kurmali
11. कोया      Koya
12. कोरा      Kora
13. कोशली      Koshali
14. गोंडी       Gondi
15. जुआंग      Juang
16. झोडिया परजा      Jhodia Poroja
17. डोम      Dom
18. ढेलकी खड़िया      Dhelki Khadia
19. दिदायी      Didayi
20. दुरुआ      Durua
21. भुंजिया      Bhunjia
22. मुंडा      Munda
23. मुंडारी      Mundari
24. हल्बी      Halbi
25. हो      Ho

परिशिष्ट    APPENDIX
परिशिष्ट-I         मानचित्र     Maps of Odisha
परिशिष्ट–II      लेखक-अनुवादक परिचय    Author–Translator introductions
शब्द-अनुक्रमणिका   Index