The Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) proposes to conduct a linguistic survey across the country to create a ‘Language Atlas’ of India.

Key Highlights

• IGNCA was established in 1985 under the Culture Ministry in honor of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi after her demise in 1984.
• The first and most exhaustive Linguistic Survey of India (LSI) was carried out with the aid of Sir George Abraham Grierson and published in 1928.
• The Indian map was redrawn after Independence, and therefore, the LSI includes languages and dialects that won’t be a part of current Indian States.
• The proposed linguistic survey would cognizance of the quantity of languages and dialects in India, could attempt to recognise how many languages are spoken in India, and how many scripts and dialects there are.
• It might also have the variety of languages and dialects which are extinct or on the verge of extinction.