JOURNAL 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 
Part I.— HISTORY, LITERATURE, See. 
No. I.— 1890. 
A Grammar of the Dialect of Chhattisgarh in the Central Provinces. 
Written in Hindi by Mb. Hf raTal KavyopadhyAa, Headmaster of 
the Anglo-Vernacular School in Dhamtari, District Eaipur, Central 
Provinces, translated and edited by George A. Grierson, Esq., C. S. 
Introduction. 
1. Chhattisgarh (the thirty-six forts) is the name of the most 
eastern of the divisions of the Central Provinces. It is bounded on the 
north by Chutiya Nagpur, on the east by Orissa, and on the south and 
west by other portions of the Central Provinces. 
2. The language spoken in this tract belongs clearly to tlio Eastern 
Gaudian Family. It may be classed as a dialect of BiliAri. Its verbal 
forms are most closely connected with those of Baiswari, while its 
system of declension more closely resembles that of Bhoj’pnri. Iu one 
important point, the formation of the plural, it shows a close connexion 
with Uriya. 
3. The present grammar has been written by Mr. Hiralal 
KAvyopAdhyaya, Headmaster of the Anglo-Vernacular school at 1 ) ham- 
tari, District Raipur, Central Provinces. It was written in the Hindi 
language, and it has fallen to my lot to tianslate it, and to rearrange a 
portion of it, according to the custom of European grammars. Here and 
there I have added a few philological notes. 
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