Linguistic Survey of India

[[George Abraham Grierson The Linguistic Survey of India (LSI) is a comprehensive survey of the languages of British India, describing 364 languages and dialects. The Survey was first proposed by George Abraham Grierson, a member of the Indian Civil Service and a linguist who attended the Seventh International Oriental Congress held at Vienna in September 1886. He made a proposal of the linguistic survey and it was initially turned down by the Government of India. After persisting and demonstrating that it could be done using the existing network of government officials at a reasonable cost, it was approved in 1891. It was however formally begun only in 1894 and the survey continued for thirty years with the last of the results being published in 1928.

An on-line searchable database of the LSI is available, providing an excerpt for each word as it appeared in Grierson's original publication. In addition, the British Library has gramophone recordings in its sound archive which document the phonology. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Varma, Siddheshwar, 1887-
    Published 1972
    Hoshiarpur, Vishveshvaranand Institute, Panjab University, 1972-76.
    3 v. 25 cm.
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    Published 1922
    Calcutta : Supt. Govt. Printing, India, 1922.
    viii, 213 p. ; 36 cm.
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    Published 1899
    Calcutta : Office of the Supt. of Govt. Print., India, 1899.
    iii, ii, 89 p. ; 36 cm.
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    Published 1898
    Calcutta : Office of the Supt. of Govt. Print., India, 1898.
    iv, 144 p. ; 35 cm.
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    Published 1898
    Calcutta : Office of the Supt. of Govt. Print., India, 1898.
    iii, 110 p. ; 36 cm.
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    Published 1903
    Calcutta : Govt. of India, Central Publication Branch, 1903-1927.
    11 v. in 19 : ill., maps ; 33 cm.
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    Published 1898
    Calcutta : Office of the Supt. of Govt. Print., India, 1898.
    iv, 92, vii p. ; 36 cm.
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    Published 1898
    Calcutta : Office of the Supt. of Govt. Print., India, 1898.
    iii, 36 p. ; 35 cm.
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    Published 1899
    Calcutta : Office of the Supt. of Govt. Print., India, 1899.
    v, 151 p. ; 36 cm.
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    Published 1898
    Calcutta : Office of the Supt. of Govt. Print., India, 1898.
    vi, 105, vii p. ; 36 cm.
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    Calcutta : Office of the Supt. of Govt. Print., India, 1899.
    iv, 367 p. : col. maps ; 36 cm.
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    Published 1898
    Calcutta : Office of the Supt. of Govt. Print., India, 1898.
    vi, 98 p. ; 35 cm.
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    Calcutta : Office of the Supt. of Govt. Print., India, 1899.
    337 p. : col. maps ; 36 cm.
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