People's Linguistic Survey of India: Volume Twelve: The Languages of Jammu and Kashmir

Contents: Foreword. A Nation Proud of Its Language Diversity: Chief Editor’s Introduction. Part I: Languages in the Eighth Schedule. 1. Dogri/Veena Gupta. 2. Kashmiri/Omkar N. Koul and Roop Krishen Bhat. Part II: Non-Scheduled and Minor Languages. 3. Balti/Irshad Ahmad Naikoo. 4. Bhadrawahi/Pritam Krishen Kaul. 5. Brokskat/N. Ramaswami. 6. Burushaski/Sanna Usman. 7. Gojri/Javaid Rahi. 8. Kishtawari/Omkar N. Koul. 9. Kohistani/Parvaiz Ahmad Ganai. 10. Ladakhi/Konchok Tashi. 11. Pashtu/Aejaz Mohammed Sheikh and Sameer Ahmad Kuchey. 12. Poguli/Neelofar Hussain Wani and Aadil Amin Kak. 13. Punchi/Updesh Kour. 14. Sheikha Gal/Rahila Safdar. 15. Shina/Musavir Ahmed and Tanveer Ahmed. 16. Siraji/Shabir Ahmed Bhat and Sahar Niaz. Part III: Other Languages. 17. Sanskrit in Kashmir/T. N. Dhar Kundan. 18. Persian Influence on Kashmiri/Omkar N. Koul. 19. Hindi-Urdu and Kashmiri/Omkar N. Koul. 20. Hindi in Jammu & Kashmir/Rattan Lal Shant. 21. Urdu in Kashmir/Nazir Ahmed Dhar. Index.

This twelfth volume of the People’s Linguistic Survey of India attempts to document the languages of the State of Jammu & Kashmir. The book is divided into three parts-the first part covers the scheduled languages, Dogri and Kashmiri, the second part, the non-scheduled and minor languages and the third part is devoted to Sanskrit, Persian, Hindi and Urdu which have played an important role in the state and also influenced local languages.

In the discussions about the languages, there is information about their contemporary status,   their historical evolution and structural aspects.