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 A Note on the Scripts used in Tamil Nadu The Process of Compilation of the PLSI, Tamil Nadu List of Languages Covered in this Volume PART I: SCHEDULED LANGUAGES 1. Tamil V. Gnanasundaram, K. Rangan, Rm. Sundaram, P. R. Subramanian and A. Karthikeyan PART II:NON-SCHEDULED LANGUAGES 2. Saurashtri V. Renuga Devi 3. Thanjavur Marathi Kamal K. Sridhar PART III: TRIBAL LANGUAGES 4. Betta kurumba V. Gnanasundaram and C. Sivashanmugan 5. Eravalla (Karinavilu) V. Gnanasundaram 6. Irula (Ërula) R. Perialwar and V. Gnanasundaram 7. Kadar S. Suresh and V. Gnanasundaram 8. Kalrayan Malayali K. Annadurai 9. Kanikkara R. Muralidharan 10. Kattunaickar R. Muralidharan and K. Rangan 11. Kollimala Tamil Dialect K. Karunakaran 12. Kota K. Rangan 13. Muduva V. Gnanasundaram 14. Mullukurumba Robert Sathya Joseph 15. Pachamalai Malayali A. Karthikeyan 16. Palu Kurumba M. Balakumar 17. Toda K. Rangan 18. Uraii Sam Mohanlal and V. Gnanasundaram 19. Vagri Boli Sreenivasa Varma 20. Villiyan (Iular) V. Gnanasundaram 21. Baduga S. Manoharan 22. Malai Pulayan C. Maheshvaran Appendix I – Maps Appendix II – Editors' introduction Index