Linguistic Survey of India
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The Linguistic Survey of India is a comprehensive, multi-volume survey of the languages and dialects of the Indian subcontinent conducted during the British colonial period under the direction of George A. Grierson.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Linguistic Survey of India canonical | 4 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linguistic Survey of India Context triple: [Lahnda, isSubjectOf, Linguistic Survey of India]
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A.
Languages of India
Languages of India is a broad grouping that encompasses the diverse and numerous languages spoken across the Indian subcontinent, spanning several major language families and regional traditions.
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B.
Survey of India
Survey of India is the national mapping and surveying agency of India, responsible for producing official topographic maps and geospatial data for the country.
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C.
Ethnologue
Ethnologue is a comprehensive reference work that catalogs and provides detailed information on the world’s known living languages.
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D.
Language Movement in East Bengal
The Language Movement in East Bengal was a mid-20th-century political and cultural struggle, centered in what is now Bangladesh, to establish Bengali as a recognized state language against attempts to impose Urdu.
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E.
Central Institute of Indian Languages
The Central Institute of Indian Languages is a premier Indian government institution dedicated to the research, development, and promotion of Indian languages, including work on standardizing scripts and linguistic resources.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linguistic Survey of India Target entity description: The Linguistic Survey of India is a comprehensive, multi-volume survey of the languages and dialects of the Indian subcontinent conducted during the British colonial period under the direction of George A. Grierson.
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A.
Languages of India
Languages of India is a broad grouping that encompasses the diverse and numerous languages spoken across the Indian subcontinent, spanning several major language families and regional traditions.
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B.
Survey of India
Survey of India is the national mapping and surveying agency of India, responsible for producing official topographic maps and geospatial data for the country.
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C.
Ethnologue
Ethnologue is a comprehensive reference work that catalogs and provides detailed information on the world’s known living languages.
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D.
Language Movement in East Bengal
The Language Movement in East Bengal was a mid-20th-century political and cultural struggle, centered in what is now Bangladesh, to establish Bengali as a recognized state language against attempts to impose Urdu.
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E.
Central Institute of Indian Languages
The Central Institute of Indian Languages is a premier Indian government institution dedicated to the research, development, and promotion of Indian languages, including work on standardizing scripts and linguistic resources.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial-era survey
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linguistic survey ⓘ multi-volume work ⓘ reference work ⓘ |
| aim |
to classify Indian languages
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to document the languages and dialects of British India ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Government of British India ⓘ |
| conductedDuring | British colonial period ⓘ |
| countryOfFocus | India ⓘ |
| directedBy | George Abraham Grierson ⓘ |
| editor | George Abraham Grierson ⓘ |
| endOfMainPublication | 1928 ⓘ |
| field | linguistics ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Volume I: Introduction
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volumes on Austroasiatic and other minor language families ⓘ volumes on Dravidian languages ⓘ volumes on Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ volumes on Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ |
| includes |
grammatical descriptions
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linguistic maps ⓘ phonetic transcriptions ⓘ text samples ⓘ vocabularies ⓘ |
| influenced |
language policy debates in India
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subsequent linguistic surveys in India ⓘ |
| languageFamilyCoverage |
Andamanese
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surface form:
Andamanese languages
Austroasiatic ⓘ
surface form:
Austroasiatic languages
Dravidian languages ⓘ Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
dialects of the Indian subcontinent
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languages of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| method |
collection of spoken texts
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questionnaire-based field survey ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the earliest large-scale linguistic surveys in the world
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its extensive coverage of Indian languages and dialects ⓘ |
| numberOfParts | 19 ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 11 ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Calcutta ⓘ |
| publisher | Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India ⓘ |
| regionOfFocus | Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| shortName | LSI ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy | British colonial administration ⓘ |
| startOfProject | 1894 ⓘ |
| subfield |
dialectology
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language classification ⓘ sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| supervisedBy | George Abraham Grierson ⓘ |
| title | Linguistic Survey of India self-link ⓘ |
| workingLanguage | English ⓘ |
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