Linguistic survey of India.

"Except in a few trifling instances, each dialect and sub-dialect is represented by a version of the parable of the prodigal son, printed in the vernacular character when such exists, and also in the roman character ... Other specimens of the more important dialects are also given. These are mainly pieces of folklore recorded in the actual words of the persons who narrated them"--Note inserted in vol. V, pt. 1.

"An introductory sketch, a bibliography, and a brief account of the grammar is provided for each language", also, "a comparative list of words, grammatical forms, and test-phrases."

Vol. 1 "will contain a summary and review of the whole work."

-- II. Mōn-Khmēr and Siamese-Chinese families (including Khassi and Tai) / comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1904 -- III. Tibeto-Burman family / comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson. Pt. I. General introduction. Specimens of the Tibetan dialects, the Himalayan dialects and the North Assam group. 1909 ; pt. II. Specimens of the Bodo, Nāgā, and Kachin groups / [The Kachin section was prepared by Dr. Sten Konow] ; pt. III. Specimens of the Kuki-Chin and Burma groups. 1904 -- IV. Mundā and Dravidian languages / comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson -- V. Indo-Aryan family. Eastern group / comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson. pt. I. Specimens of the Bengali and Assamese languages. 1903 ; pt. II. Specimens of the Bīhārī and Oriya languages. 1903 -- VI. Indo-Aryan family. Mediate group. Specimens of the eastern Hindī language / comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson -- VII. Indo-Aryan family. Southern group. Specimans of the Marāthī language / comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1905 -- VIII. Indo-Aryan family. North-western group. pt. I. Specimens of Sindbī and Lahndā / comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1919 ; pt. II. Specimens of the Dardic or Pisacha languages (including Kāshmīrī) / comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1919 -- IX. Indo-Aryan family. Central group. pt. I. Specimens of western Hindi and Panjabi / collected and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1916 ; pt. II. Specimens of the Rājasthānī and Gujarātī / collected and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1908 ; pt. III. The Bhīl languages, included Khāndēś,̄ Banjāri or Labhāni, Bahrūpiă, &c. / comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1907 ; pt. IV. Specimens of the Pahârî languages and Gujurī / collected and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1916 -- X. Specimens of languages of the Eranian family / comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1921 -- XI. Gypsy languages / comp. and ed. by G.A. Grierson. 1922 -- I. suppl. 1. -- suppl. 2. Addenda et corrigenda minora

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