Macalister G. Specimens with a dictionary and a grammar of the dialects spoken in the state of Jeypore

Allahabad, 1898. — १५५ + 33 + 1 + 66 p.His Highness the Maharajah of Jeypore was asked last year to get a survey made of the dialects spoken in the Jeypore State. This survey was to be divided into two parts. First the Government of India wished to ascertain the number of dialects in the State, the names they were locally known by, and the number of people speaking each dialect. In the second place, the Government of India wished to get specimens of the different dialects. I was requested by His Highness, the Maharajah, to undertake this work.
I found on enquiry that there are fifteen different dialects spoken in the Jeypore State. There are no books printed in any of the dialects. I have read a good many documents and accounts written in the Jeypore dialect, but without getting very much assistance from them. I was compelled, therefore, to get nearly all my information from the people in conversation with them. It occurred to me that it would be a good plan to reduce to writing the songs which are sung by the common people every day, and also those that are sung on special occasions.
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A dictionary of the words found in the dialects is also printed in this volume. I have been collecting these words for years. They were obtained chiefly in conversation with the people. There are about 1800 words altogether, none of which are found in any dictionary I have had access to. There are a number of corrupt Hindi words given which one acquainted only with classical Hindi would not be likely to recognize. The gender of nouns when it could be ascertained is given.