West- Central . 

 Grroup. 



1898.] Annual Address. 81 



Thus Dr. Grierson arrives at the following classification of the 

 languages of Northern India. 



Central Family. 



j^Western Hindi (including Urdu, Braj Bhasa, Rshil- 



khandi, and the language of the 



Upper Doab, called Pachadi). 



Bundelkhandi. 



Rajasthani (including Marvari, Mevari, Bagn and 



Malvi*S). 



Gujarati. 



-Panjabi. 



-r^ . ^ , , r Eastern Hindi (including Baisvari and Avadhi). 

 East-Central ^ v. . _,,. ,- 

 < Baghelkhandi. 



*^™"P- tchattisgarhi>* 



f Western Pahari (including Kuluhi, Sirmuri and other 



I connected dialects). 



or lem ^ Central Pahari (including Garhvali, Jaunsari, and 



'^'^'"'P-"' I ■ Kumauni). ' 



(^Eastern Pahari (also known as Naipali, Khas or 



Parbatia). 



The Classification of the Non-Central family is simple. 



C Sindhi. 

 North-Western \ ^^^^^^ p^-.-j,j 



G™°P. CKafmiri. 



South- Western •) ,. . , . 



Maratm 



} 



Group. 



,Bihari.*6 



Eastern Group. J ^ ^^^^ ^' 

 I Assamese. 



vOriya. 



History of Old Calcutta. — The last subject on which I propose 



to touch in my address is one which concerns us " Calcuttaites " more 



nearly. It is the history of old Calcutta. 



♦8 The last may, perhaps, have ultimately to be classed as a separate language, 

 or, perhaps, as a dialect of Bundelkhandi. 



4i4i Possibly Chattisgarhi should come under the non-Central Family, Its 

 classification under the Central Family is provisional, 



4i5 The language-names of this group are taken from the Census Report of 1891. 

 The nomenclature is Mr. Baynes. 



** In the rough lists of the Linguistic Survey, Bihari is included in the East- 

 Central Group. This is only provisional. 



