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Jul
2016

New trilingual picture dictionary published: Rajbanshi, Nepali and English

2016-07-01 06:24
The recently published Picture Dictionary in Rajbanshi, Nepali and English is now in the hands of school children and the Rajbanshi community. This educational picture dictionary ”compiled in a trilingual format” was a three-year research project by Kimiko Abe, along with Rajbanshi teachers and...
Jun
2016

Those literate in Nepali read their own language for the first time

2016-06-01 00:10
In the last few months, more than 460 participants have attended classes to read and write in a language they previously had only spoken. Literacy programs are typically created for those who have never learned to read before, in any language. But in the last 15-20 years school attendance in Nepal...
Jun
2015

Nepal’s language communities suffer significant losses in recent earthquakes

2015-06-01 00:10
Just before noon on 25 April, representatives of Nepal’s Eastern Magar community gathered in Kathmandu to make final decisions about the writing system for their language. The meeting followed months of planning and testing of the draft version of the orthography. Many had traveled hours to attend...
Mar
2015

Lhomi community of Nepal prepares for multilingual preschool

2015-03-01 00:10
In the highlands of northeastern Nepal, a recent workshop was a major step towards the Lhomi community’s goal of offering mother-tongue schooling for their children. Organized by the Nepal Lhomi Society (NELHOS) with technical support provided by SIL Nepal, the event began with a one-day awareness...
Nov
2014

Madhya-Purbiya Tharu speakers begin the first dictionary for their language

2014-11-01 15:23
Members of Nepal’s Madhya-Purbiya Tharu community recently participated in a Rapid Word Collection workshop—the first step in developing a dictionary for their language. Co-sponsored by the Mother Tongue Centre Nepal (MTCN) and SIL Nepal, the workshop was held in Kathmandu 9-17 September. The forty...
Jun
2014

A community in Nepal takes ownership of language development

2014-06-01 00:14
Mother-tongue speakers from a language community in Nepal have produced a working draft of a writing system for their language. Participants in the orthography (writing system) workshop also drafted a writer’s guide to support the creation of original work by local authors. The workshop represents...