78 Janardan Singh — Dialects spoken in Baglielkhand. [April, 



The President announced that Mr. C. R. Wilson was proceeding 

 on furlough at the end of the month and that Dr. A. R. S. Anderson 

 would officiate. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Statement of the dialects spoken inlBagJielkhand. — By Janardan 

 SiNGff, Secretary to 3. H. the. Maharaja of Rewah. Communicated by 

 Dr. G. a. Grierson. 



No, 47 OF 1897. 

 From 



The secretary to 



HIS HIGHNESS the MAHARAJA of RBWAH, 



To 



The political AGENT, BAGHELKHAND. 



Dated, Rewae Durbar, Camp via Rewah, 



The ISth January, 1897, 



Sir, 



With reference to your endorsement No. 2836, dated 16th 

 November, 1896, forwarding a copy of letter, dated 28th September, 

 1896, from G. A. Grierson, Esq., C.I.E., Ph.D., regarding the Linguistic 

 Survey of India, asking a revised statement of the dialects spoken in 

 Baghelkhand, I have the honor to inform you that a revised statement 

 has been prepared and is forwarded herewith. 



2. From the statement annexed herewith which is filled up 

 according to the instructions, you will see that Bagheli or Baghel- 

 khaadi and Gondi or Gondani are the two dialects spoken in Rewah 

 territory. 



3. I do not believe that " Bagheli is nearly identical with Bundell 

 or Bundelkhandi " as Dr. Grierson seems to think. Being spoken in 

 conterminous countries and derived from the same parent stock, there 

 is certainly a good deal of resemblance between the two. They are, 

 however, different forms of speech. Most of the words in Bundeli 

 and Bagheli have the same bases and roots, as is the case with almost 

 all the dialects spoken in Northern and Central India, but a great 

 difference is found in the postpositions and particulars and even the 

 forms of bases of words before receiving the suffixes. This will be 

 clear from the following sentences : — 



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