78 Janardan Singli — Dialects spoken in Baghelkliand. [April, 



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

 on furloiigli 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 in Baghelkhand. — By Janardan 

 Singh, Secretary to H. R. the Maharaja of Rewah. Communicated by 

 Dr. G. a. Griersqn. 



From 



No. 47 OF 1897. 



The secretary to 



HIS. HIGHNESS the MAHARAJA of REWAH, 



To 



The political AGENT, BAGHELKHAND. 



Dated, Rewah Durbar, Camp via Rewah, 



The I3th 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 

 Bao-helkhand, 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- 

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

 territory. 



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

 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 : — 



