How
language reflects social and racial prejudices against
Madhesh, by Sushant Nepali (rep 22/05/2023)
Deciphering
Thangmi : An ethno-linguist’s race against time to
document Nepal’s endangered language, by Ashish
Dhakal (nt 12/05/2023)
Combatting
misinformation: Effective fact-checking is the way,
by Pralhad Gairapipli (ht 14/04/2023)
Efforts
underway to preserve Magar Kham language (kh
18/03/2023)
Chamling
Rai’s language conference being conducted in Khotang
(kh 06/03/2023)
English
studies, examined : The praxis of English language
teaching and the positions of the English departments
complement each other, by Abhi Subedi (kp
26/02/2023)
Ensure
Fundamental Right to Education in Mother Tongue, by
Randhir Chaudhary (rep 21/02/2023)
Language
class to begin for preserving Kusunda language (kh
03/02/2023)
CK
Raut’s oath in ‘Madheshi’ language ruffles feathers :
Madheshi Commission writes to Parliament Secretariat
seeking a clarification on why some lawmakers were
administered the oath in ‘Madheshi’ language, by
Nishan Khatiwada (kp 24/12/2022) [???]
Nepali
language chauvinism : Language nationalism for the sake
of it is nothing more than language chauvinism, by
Deepak Thapa (kp 15/12/2022)
The
allure of English among Nepali parents : We are
dismissive of local languages that are easily accessible
to us and that restricts our cognitive development,
communication skills, as well as acceptance of different
heritages, by Cilla Khatry (ae 21/07/2022)
Nepali
remains lingua franca of all provinces, by Ram Kumar
Kamat (ht 02/07/2022) [It is not
a question of replacing Nepali with another language,
but a second language of the respective province should
be made compulsory, especially for the high-caste elite,
who must finally get away from the mistaken belief that
only their language, religion, culture, etc. represent
Nepal's identity!]
Kusunda
tribe demands integrated settlement, protection of their
nearly-extinct language (rep 06/05/2022)
Politics
and the Nepali language : The rulers destroy the
communicative shape of the language to create a
condition of regimented thought, by Abhi Subedi (kp
24/04/2022)
PTE
becoming ultimate English language test in Nepal:
Paulraj (ht 16/03/2022)
Linguistically
limited : A year on, Kathmandu Metropolitan City’s
mandatory Nepal Bhasa educational policy is not sitting
well with students, teachers, or schools, by Marissa
Taylor (rec 10/03/2022) [The
problem described here affects children from non-Nepali
speaking population groups nationwide and deprives them
of equal professional opportunities later on. The
obligation to learn another national language and the
integration of ethnic cultures and customs into the
curricula could help to unite people.]
Let
us all speak our languages : It needs to be ensured that
not a single language becomes extinct. If it does, then
it means Nepal has failed to live up to its
constitutional ethos, by Jivesh Jha and Bidhan
Chandra Jha (nlt 21/02/2022), 37
languages on verge of extinction in Nepal being
preserved (kh 21/02/2022), International
Mother Language Day being observed today (kh
21/02/2022)
Reviving
the native tongue of Lungkhim Rais, by Sachit Rai
and Toyanath Bhattarai (ae 03/02/2022)
Language
As Medium Of Social Change, by Bhupa P Dhamala (rn
05/01/2022)
How
does a child lose their language? By introducing and
enforcing the use of the English language from an early
stage, we may be losing much more than we think, by
Shuvangi Khadka (rec 04/01/2022)
Concern
as Chhantyal language on verge of extinction (kh
05/12/2021)
Linguistics
in political times : The biodiversity of languages in
Nepal, where 123 languages are spoken, is of universal
interest, by Abhi Subedi (kp 05/12/2021)
Language
policing and what we overlook : In a country that prides
itself on its diversity of cultures, ethnicities, and a
wide array of vernaculars, the discourse surrounding
language gets particularly inflammatory, by Pasang
Dorjee (kp 13/11/2021)
Dhirendra
Nalbo: ‘We can all be thinkers and writers’, by Tom
Robertson (rec 22/09/2021)
Language
Commission recommends province-wise official languages
before government (kh 06/09/2021), Adoption
of official languages recommended for provinces
challenging, experts say, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
18/09/2021)
Ji
and the cost of name suffixes : When we hide behind ji,
dai and didi, ageist and patriarchal relations take over
the workspaces, and that is hard to shake off, by
Vikase Manush (rec 13/08/2021)
Rajamati
Boosts Nepal Bhasa Movement, by Aashish Mishra (rn
10/04/2021)
Language
chauvinism : The recent arrests in Balaju show the need
for greater understanding of language diversity, by
Deepak Thapa (kp 18/03/2021)
Losing
languages : While the state should create the
environment to preserve and promote indigenous
languages, indigenous communities themselves should also
commit to the preservation and revitalization of their
languages, by Lisha Dangol (rep 17/03/2021)
Linguistic
discrimination and conflict : As long as there is
unfairness, the goal of an inclusive and prosperous
Nepal is impossible, by Sangmo Yonjan-Tamang (kp
03/03/2021)
What’s
in a language : The government should learn from the
past blunders of promoting one language (kp
22/02/2021), Bhojpuri
language not developed thanks to govt apathy (ht
22/02/2021)
Lost
in translation : Nepal struggles to preserve its
indigenous languages as those speaking them dwindle.
by Alisha Sijapati (nt 29/01/2021)
Language
Commission developing grammar of endangered languages :
With eight new languages explored, the total numbers of
languages spoken in the country has reached 131 (rep
27/12/2020)
Language
jingoism : The selective outrage of ruling party leaders
on the use of English terms and letters shows their
hypocrisy, by Deepak Thapa (kp 10/12/2020)
Let’s
Keep Our Tongues, by Aashish Mishra (rn 05/12/2020)
Eight
new languages discovered in Nepal (kh 27/11/2020)
Nepali
language at SOAS : It is a shame that the language has
lost one of its oldest homes in the West, by Deepak
Thapa (kp 26/11/2020)
Sanskrit-Nepali
e-dictionary launched (rep 20/11/2020)
Kathmandu
city orders all schools to teach Nepal Bhasha, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 06/11/2020) [To
put this into perspective : Newars constitute about 21%
of Kathmandu's population; only 17% speak Newari as
mother tongue; more than 8% speak Tamang; more than 20%
have other mother tongues than Nepali and Newari! The
promotion of all ethnic mother tongues would be
important!]
KMC
To Implement Nepal Bhasa Curriculum In Schools (rn
06/10/2020)
Widening
The Communication Arc, by Kundan Aryal (rn
25/09/2020)
The
myth and methods of teaching English in Nepal: Whether
syllabuses have worked or failed have always been
decided by the learners of the language, by Abhi
Subedi (kp 24/05/2020)
Covid
is changing everything, including everyday language:
From coining new words (covidiot) to redefining existing
terms (isolation) and the centre-staging of rarely-used
ones (furlough), coronavirus is changing how we speak,
by Ankit Khadgi (kp 27/04/2020)
Lohorung
language on verge of extinction (ht 23/02/2020)
Of
millenials and ‘mangled’ Nepali on social media: Nepali
grammar nazis need to ease up and let the new generation
communicate in the lingo of the times, by Dinesh
Kafle (kp 02/12/2019)
The
ecology of English: Not all learners of the English
language have the same approach to it; Nepalis are
especially foreign to the language, by Abhi Subedi
(kp 24/11/2019)
3
years on, language commission in limbo for lack of full
shape (rep 31/10/2019)
Oli
now has problems with the way the media addresses
individuals: Oli expressed displeasure over the media’s
use of the informal Nepali pronoun ‘timi’, by Anil
Giri (kp 16/10/2019) [?? But it
is okay that husbands address their wives with 'timi'
and the latter have to say 'hajur'?]
Haldibari
Rural Municipality takes initiatives to preserve Meche
language: Deependra Basic School in Jhapa has included
Meche language in its curriculum for grade one, by
Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 11/09/2019)
The
Gurung language once had no written script. Now it has
five: In an effort to preserve its oral language, the
Gurung community came up with its own scripts, but it is
now divided over which to use, by Sachitra Gurung
(kp 06/09/2019)
After
being largely replaced by Devanagari, Nepal Bhasa
scripts are making a comeback: Kathmandu’s millennia-old
scripts, primarily used in religious texts, have been
turned into digital fonts and artwork, by Srizu
Bajracharya (kp 29/07/2019)
Mandarin’s
usefulness: To enable China to extend its additional
support to Nepal for its fast growth, Nepal should think
of teaching Mandarin at schools, by Birendra P.
Mishra (rep 08/07/2019)
Mandarin
made mandatory in many schools: ‘Chinese embassy footing
teachers’ bill’, by Sabitri Dhakal (ht 15/06/2019)
Why
English? We need to focus on enhancing English language
skills if we are to become competent global citizens,
by Ravi Nayak and Bidhi Mandal (rep 09/06/2019)
With
just a few hundred speakers, Dhuleli language is on the
brink of dying out: A spoken language with no written
script, Dhuleli is primarily spoken in Bajhang by
the Rokaya, Kami and Bohara communities, by Basanta
Pratap Singh and Samuel Chhetri (kp 31/05/2019)
Language
in danger: Unhealthy infatuation with English language
risks Nepal’s minority languages like Tharu, Maithili,
Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Gurung, Newari and Limbu by putting
them at extinction path, by Nishan Kafle (rep
13/05/2019)
Sanskrit
for Dalits: In the past, untouchables were not allowed
to read and write Sanskrit. Sanskrit was considered to
be the subject meant only for Brahmins The situation has
not changed, by Giri Bahadur Sunar (rep 07/05/2019)
Nativity
of
Nepali English: Speaking and writing in English in South
Asia has a long history associated with power and
colonial ‘darkness’, by Abhi Subedi (kp 17/03/2019)
Much
hyped, less owned: Before improving English of Nepali
students, we need to improve English of Nepali English
teachers, by Rishi Ram Paudyal (rep 17/03/2019)
Drinking
in the Nepali language: A month into learning Nepali,
this ‘kuire’ reflects on his learning, by Thomas
Heaton (kp 09/03/2019)
A
gift of tongues: Nepal has more than 123 languages, and
it is up to us to preserve this diversity (kp
22/02/2019), Languages
dying out under benign neglect, by Bishnu Prasad
Aryal (rep 22/02/2019)
Think
beyond
English: Overemphasis on English in Nepal’s schools at
the cost of local languages and culture is detrimental,
linguistically, cognitively and psychologically, to
overall development of children, by Laxmi Prasad
Ojha (rep 14/02/2019)
The
power in ‘Nenglish’: There are many ‘englishes’ in Nepal,
by Somy Paudyal (kp 27/01/2019), When
teachers
fail: There are many university teachers who can’t
understand and speak English well but are ‘teaching’ in
English medium, by Rishi Ram Paudyal (rep
27/01/2018)
Exam
paper in question for using repealed Nepali grammar
rules, by Bibhu Luitel (kp 08/01/2019)
Resuscitating
dying Kusunda language: Commission starts first ever
language class in Dang, by Durga Lal KC (kp
04/01/2019)
Understanding
language
and literature: Author Manjushree Thapa speaks on
learning the history and multiple dimensions of
Nepali literature, by Bibhu Luitel (kp 28/12/2018)
‘Sanskrit
dying in its own land’, by Ramesh Khatiwada (rep
18/12/2018)
Limbu
declared official language in a local unit in Ilam,
by Biplav Bhattarai (kp 14/11/2018), Limbu
language declared official language, by Bhim
Chapagain (rep 01/12/2018)
Few
schools imparting education in mother tongues (ht
28/10/2018)
Nepal
Bhasa Sahitya conference under way (kp 22/10/2018)
Mother
tongue course in decline (kp 30/09/2018)
Language
panel submits report (kp 07/09/2018)
‘English’
zones
in Nepali schools: Such zones demoralise students,
dangerously suppressing their creative enthusiasm in
inventing ideas in language, by Abhi Subedi
05/08/2018)
Foreigners
attracted to Nepali language, by Kamal Raj Bhatta
(rep 24/07/2018)
Nepal
to host 19th World Sanskrit Conference (ht
15/07/2018)
Khas
language on the verge of extinction, experts warn,
by Jyoti Katuwal (kp 09/05/2018)
Linguists
identify two new languages in Dhankuta district (kp
04/05/2018)
School
in bid to promote Dura language in Lamjung (ht
03/05/2018)
Nepal’s
Multilingual Heritage, by Prem Prasad Paudel (rn
28/04/2018)
Rajamama,
lone Kusunda language speaker, dies, by Pratap Rana
Magar (kp 19/04/2018), Kusunda
language in peril (ht 19/04/2018)
Commission
begins
study of endangered Bankariya language: Since there are
no written scripts of Bankariya language, linguists fear
the language will be forever forgotten if it is not
preserved, by Pratap Bista (14/04/2018)
English
as Official Language, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
23/03/2018)
Decoding
dialects, by Priyanka Gurung (rep 23/03/2018)
Textbooks
in local languages sought (ht 26/02/2018)
Mother
Language Day marked with events: 123 languages are
spoken as mother tongues in Nepal (ht 22/02/2018)
Recognizing
diversity:
Provincial government in Madhes should not fall into
temptation of adopting one language policy for education
in the name of cultural conservatism, by Manjeet
Mishra (rep 21/02/2018)
The
democratization
of the Nepali language: Only by being the language of
the people will Nepali truly flourish and grow and
evolve, by Manjushree Thapa (kp 19/02/2018)
Rational
Multi-lingual Policy, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
16/02/2018), Voices
from the plains: Response to lingual sentiments in
Province 2 is becoming crucial, by Randhir Chaudhary
(kp 16/02/2018)
Shunning
English: By making Nepali the only official language, we
have hindered our ability to compete internationally,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 13/02/2018)
Call
to give Maithili an official language status (kp
26/12/2017), Official
status sought for Maithili in Province 2 (ht
26/12/2017)
Translingual
benefits:
Scholarship based on classroom observations has
consistently shown that teachers of content subjects, in
general, cannot teach in English effectively, by
Shyam Sharma (rep 24/10/2017)
English
dreams:
For every child who may enter a profession where English
is needed, there are a hundred others who perform poorly
in math and science because of their poor English,
by Shyam Sharma (rep 11/10/2017)
Voice
of the people: The UML promotes one type of nationalism
in Nepal, but will all their cadres follow?, by
Deepak Thapa (kp 10/08/2017)
Nepali
language study expanding in Chinese universities, by
Sangeet Sangroula (rep 18/07/2017)
One
year
on, language panel incomplete, without Act (kp
15/07/2017)
Nepal
Bhasa
as official language in metropolis, by Anup Ojha (kp
22/06/2017)
Beyond
English: Preference for English language in social
sciences is indicative of its hegemonic status in Nepal,
by Pranab Kharel and Gaurab KC (rep 11/06/2017)
Language
committee
yet to get full shape (ht 21/05/2017)
Language
Planning In Nepal, by Govinda Bahadur Tumbahang (rn
12/05/2017)
Desperation
for
translation: The world does not understand Nepal, and
Nepalis do not understand the world. We need
translations both ways, by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt
21/04/2017)
The
place
of Nepali, by Kanak Mani Dixit (nt 07/04/2017)
KMC
to
reinstate Ranjana script (kp 23/03/2017)
Linguistics
seminar
concludes, by Dev Narayan Sah (kp 05/03/2017)
Promotion
of
country’s languages stressed (ht 21/02/2017)
The
‘English’ debate: Three million children in Nepal are
now studying in private schools that market their
English medium instruction, by Chura Bahadur Thapa
(rep 01/02/2017)
Language
Commission
moves to new address (kp 15/12/2016)
Language
Commission
begins work (ht 24/11/2016)
Myths
about English: If language learning is a greater
objective than learning math and science, we wouldn’t
need schools and colleges. Language institutes would
suffice, by Shyam Sharma (rep 16/11/2016)
Gurung
opposes Hindi as official language (rep 17/10/2016)
Avenues
of
translations: Nepali translators have long pursued
translation as a creative work, but now it is an
important practical activity, by Abhi Subedi (kp
02/10/2016)
The
language
debate: Both Sanskritic conservatism and speech-based
vernacular-nationalism fall short of the need of the
hour, by Pramod Mishra (kp 29/09/2016), The
language debate, by Cilla Khatry (rep 30/09/2016)
Of
two
minds: If Nepalis world over have done well, it is because
English has become accessible to many students, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp 27/09/2016)
Language
Commission
formed, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 09/09/2016)
Tongue-tied:
Normalising
the spouting of Sanskrit shlokas would dampen the spirits
of aspiring young students, by Deepak Thapa
(08/09/2016)
Native
language
teaching fails to impress Tharu community (kp
24/08/2016) [Such offer for
classes I-V means nothing! You also need textbooks and
other materials. And especially, you have to extinguish
the monolinguistic curricula that were forced by King
Mahendras Panchayat politics and you have to give ethnic
languages and cultures a perspective!]
Speaking
in
tongues: Although my native tongue is Nepal Bhasa,
listening to the news in it feels like listening to a
foreign language, by Supral Raj Joshi (kp
29/05/2016)
Accepting
‘Englishes’:
Use of English is the only way of communicating with the
people of South Asia, by Abhi Subedi (kp 06/03/2016)
Promotion
of
all mother languages underscored (ht 23/02/2016)
Language
barrier
causing hassles in quake data collection, by
Narahari Sapkota (rep 15/02/2016)
Google
launches
‘Love Your Language Nepal’ campaign (ht 24/09/2015)
Preserving
their
worded presence, by Sachi Mulmi (rep 18/09/2015)
Missing
links:
Those of us with an MA in English have vague but
powerful aura of privilege but out in the world we are
no more than language teachers, Shyam Sharma (rep
16/04/2015)
Language
barrier forcing Kisan kids out of schools, by Raju
Adhikari (rep 27/02/2015)
UNESCO:
Promoting Mother Tongue For Peace And Progress, by
Prem Khatry (rn 24/02/2015), Situation
Of Mother Tongues In Nepal, by Govinda Bahadur
Tumbahang (rn 24/02/2015)
English
in
Nepal: An independent organisation of English language
teachers is setting out to achieve national goals,
by Abhi Subedi (kp 22/02/2015)
Start
of
native language classes ups enrolment, by Krishna
Prasad Gautam (kp 14/01/2015)
Death
Of A Language, by Bhimsen Thapaliya (rn 14/01/2015)
[on Kusunda language]
Hindi
has
become a global language, says Veep Jha (ht
13/01/2015)
Raji:
A dying language, by Kalendra Sejuwal (rep 02/01/2015)
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