Dr Ganesh N. Devy taught English at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda a renowned literary critic and activist; founder and director of the  Tribal Academy at Tejgadh, Gujarat and director of the Sahitya Akademi ’s Project on Literature in Tribal Languages and Oral Folk Traditions. He is an active participant in the functioning of Bhasha Academy. Currently, he is a Professor at the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar, Gujarat. 

He is Chair, People’s Lnguistic Survey of India, 37, Bhasha Research and Publication Centre, Baroda.

Dr. Chitta Ranjan Kar, formerly professor of Literature and linguistics at Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla University, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Guru Ghasidas Central University, Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh). He has forty five years of teaching experience.

Lekhak Parichay [about the authors]
Rashtriya Sampadak Mandal [national editorial collective]
Chhattisgarh ka rajnaitik maanchitra political map of Chhattisgarh]
Maanchitron ki suchi [list of maps]
Bharatiya Bhasha Lok Sarvekshan [People’s Linguistic Survey of India]
Bharatiya Bhasha Lok Sarvekshan Granthmala [The complete list of titles in PLSI series]
Aabhaar [Acknowledgement]
Bharatiya Bhasha Lok Sarvekshan se Judne ka anubhav [ experience of author’s being associated with PLSI]
Bhumika by Dr D P Pattanayak [Preface by Dr D P Pattanayak]
Mukhya Sampaadkiya by Dr G N Devy [Editorial by Dr G N Devy]
Sampaadkiya by Dr. C.R.Kar [Editorial by Dr. C.R.Kar]
Pathako se ek vinti [An open appeal to the readers]
Lipi [Script]
Akaraadi kram mein bhashaon ke naam [A list of languages in Hindi alphabetical order]

Abujhmarhiya
Kamari
Kudhukh
Gondi
Ghotul murhiya
Chhattisgarhi
Dandami Marhiya
Dewar
Dorli
Dhurvi (Parji)
Pando
Pardhi,
Baigani,
Bhatari,
Munda,
Sargujhiya
Halbi.

Manchitra [Maps]
Shabdanukramanika [Index]