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attempts, till Mr. Bomford undertook the task, were made to investigate 
the points of difference, and it was too readily assumed that Panjabi had 
two dialects, a standard and a western. Mr. Bomford’s grammar shows 
that this is not true. That western Panjabi can in no sense be called a 
dialect of standard Panjabi , but is altogether a distinct language , closely 
connected with , and forming the uniting link between Sindlii and Kagmiri. 
These three languages, Sindhi, Western Panjabi, and Kagmiri, now allow 
themselves to be classed as forming a North-Western Family of Indo- 
Aryan Vernaculars, markedly differing from what has hitherto been 
called the Western, but from what must now be called the West-Central, 
or Central Family. We thus find ourselves compelled to re-classify 
these Vernaculars in the following way. 
(The figures show the approximate population speaking each language). 
OLD CLASSIFICATION. NEW CLASSIFICATION. 
A. Western Family. A. North-Western 
Family. 
(n) North-Western Group. 
Sindhi (2,590,000) 
Ki^mirl (4,090,000) 
(b) West Central Group. 
Panjabi (17,720,000) 
Gujarati (11,060,000) 
Bajputani, (13,150,000) 
Hindi (35,820,000) 
(c) Northern Group. 
Central Paharl (1,150,000) 
Khas or Naipall (3,020,000) 
B. Eastern Family. 
(d) Past Central Group. 
Baiswari (20,000,000) 
Biliari (30,000,000) 
(e) Southern Group. 
Marathi (18,930,000). 
(/) Eastern Group. 
Bangall (41,340,000). 
Assamese (1,440,000). 
Uriya (9,010,000). 
(a) North- Western Group. 
Sindhi (2,590,000) 
Kagmiri (4,090,000) 
Western Panjabi (3,000,000) 
B. Central Famiay. 
(b) West Central Group. 
Eastern Panjabi (14,720,000) 
Gujarati (11,060,000) 
Bajputani (13,150,000) 
Hindi (35,820,000) 
(c) Northern Group. 
Central Pahari (1,150,000) 
Khas or Naipali, (3,020,000) 
C. Eastern Family. 
(d) East Central Group. 
Baiswari (20,000,000) 
Bihari (30,000,000). 
(e) Southern Group. 
Marathi (18,930,000). 
(/) Eastern Group. 
Barigali (41,340,000). 
Assamese (1,440,000). 
Uriya (9,010,000). 
Total Aryan speaking population of India, 209,320,000. 
