Peoples Linguistic Survey of India: Vol. 14, Part 2: The Languages of Karnataka

Contents: The people’s linguistic survey of India. The national editorial collective. List of volumes. Acknowledgements. Foreword. A nation proud of its language diversity: chief editor’s introduction. Introduction to the volume. Contributors to the volume. An appeal to readers. List of languages covered in the volume. 1. Kannada. 2. Konkani. 3. Byari. 4. Dakkhani. 5. Kodava. 6. Pattegar. 7. Sanketi. 8. Tulu. 9. Badaga. 10. Betta Kuruba. 11. Gorboli. 12. Gouli. 13. Hakki Pikki. 14. Irula. 15. Koracha. 16. Koraga. 17. Siddi. 18. Soliga. 19. Yerava.

Karnataka has been home to some of the most powerful empires of ancient and medieval India. As a result, this state is a melting pot of people, cultures and languages, and this makes it a unique case study. This volume of the People’s Linguistic Survey of India, The Languages of Karnataka (volume fourteen, part two), discusses the Tribal, Scheduled and Non-Scheduled languages spoken in the state, with examples of folktales, folk songs and vocabulary lists for a better understanding of the languages in use. The volume is an excellent resource for students and readers interested in studying the interface of Dravidian and Modern Indo-Aryan languages.