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Nepal Statistics and Indigenous Peoples.
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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

Education in mother tongue, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp 29/11/2010)

Mother tongue in peril, Limbus worried (ht 15/10/2010)

Egalitarian English: Nepali schools should focus on teaching English and other foreign languages, by Saroj Dhakal (kp 12/09/2010)

To speak or not to speak? English language is crushing our diverse ethno-linguistic identities, by Prem Phyak (kp 09/09/2010)

Linguistic limbo: How best to incorporate ethnic languages into the traditionally Nepali dominated public sphere, by Saroj Dhakal (kp 27/08/2010)

Congratulations and celebrations: Nepali Shikshya Parishad has worked tirelessly for 60 years to promote Nepali language, by Tejeswor Babu Gongah (kp 19/08/2010)

Community level initiative to save Wumbule language, by Prabalta Rijal (rn 19/06/2010)

Speaking of languages: Hindi can be used as a regional language, not as an official national language of Nepal, by Govinda Bahadur Tumbahang (kp 26/05/2010)

Engali elbowing out Nepali? Holy smoly, pidgin will ruin youths’ future: Teachers (kp 13/05/2010), Back to English: The decision of community schools to go English medium is justified, by Mahabir Paudyal (kp 14/05/2010)

Not so hip: At school, Nepali always seemed the poor cousin of English, by Ranjan Adiga (nt 12/03/2010)

What a gathering it was: The recent kumbh mela of Nepal’s English language teachers was a raging success, by Abhi Subedi (kp 03/03/2010)

Language politics: Maithili finds itself between a rock and a hard place, by C.K. Lal (nt 05/02/2010)

Nepali-teaching website launched (kp 20/01/2010) [see Shabda Mala website]

Mother Tongue Education & Inclusion: Contemporary Fact of Limbu Mother Tongue Education, by Ambar Jang Limbu (sp 11/12/2009)

Mother tongue wins over Nepali: To be first language at elemenary level, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 02/12/2009)

Language and landscape, by Binaya Ghimire (kp 16/11/2009)

Old Precedent: Vice president Permananda Jha kicks off a row over language, rekindling a decades-old fire that could snowball into a major political crisis, by Saroj Dahal (sp 11/09/2009)

Hangover from the past, by Prem Phyak (kp 07/09/2009)

Nepal’s language imbroglio, by Suhas Chakma (kp 03/09/2009), Looking beyond: A babel too much, by Mani Dixit (ht 03/09/2009)

In other words: Madhesi parties will put Hindi forward as a symbolic language of unity in the Tarai, by Abhi Subedi (kp 02/09/2009)

Research reveals youths' love for Nepali as official language (ht 27/08/2009)

Tarai’s language dilemma: Those who have designated Hindi as their mother tongue in Nepal can't write it correctly, by Pramod Mishra (kp 19/08/2009)

The lure of English: Proficiency in English has become the yardstick of sophistication, even for politicians, by Abhi Subedi (kp 05/08/2009)

Language wars: Underlying the vehement opposition to Vice President Parmananda Jha’s refusal to retake his oath in Nepali lies a fear of the power of the Hindi language, by Aditya Adhikari (kp 04/08/2009), God help the nation: The vice president’s sinister plan to establish Hindi as an official language should be defeated, by Kumar Regmi (kp 04/08/2009), Speaking of languages, by Shyam K.C. (kp 10/08/2009), Beyond language wars, by Pramod Mishra (kp 12/08/2009)

Maoists for recognition of 12 official languages (kp 26/06/2009), Language issue dominates CA session, by Arjun Bhandari (ht 26/06/2009), Multi-lingual policy stressed in federalism (rn 27/06/2009), Constituent Assembly: Different tongues, by Bipin Adhikari (kp 16/07/2009), Language: A Cornerstone of Identification and Knowledge Conservation, by Mohan Das Manandhar and Rojan Bajracharya (sp 16/07/2009)

Our language is on the verge of extinction, claim Rajis, by Suryamani Gautam (ht 22/06/2009)

Linguistic Diversity in Nepal: Situation and Policy (kp 01/06/2009)

Linguists urge govt to save indigenous languages (ht 05/05/2009)

The language question, by Pramod Mishra (kp 22/04/2009)

Endangered species, by Govinda Bahadur Tumbahang (kp 02/04/2009)

Tharu language stops school dropout rate, by Durga KC (kp 31/03/2009), True inclusion: Education in indigenous languages can help reduce inequality (kp 01/04/2009)

MJF roots for official status for Hindi (ht 27/03/2009)

Linguistic survey begins (kp 08/03/2009)

Mother tongue: Nepal's linguistic diversity should be seen as a strength, by Mukta Singh Tamang (nt 06/03/2009)

‘Mother tongue tool for people to realise potential’ (rn 22/02/2009), ‘Promote mother tongues of all ethnic minorities' (rn 26/02/2009)

Ten Myths About Language, by R. Manandhar (rn 21/02/2009)

Major lingusitic survey in offing, by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (kp 29/11/2008)

Language Rights (rn 15/10/2008)

Indigenous languages in crisis, by Post B Basnet (05/09/2008)

The invisible (ht 28/08/2008)

Who Should Determine One’s Mother Tongue?, by Birendra P. Mishra (rn 19/08/2008)

Hindi Boomerang Hits Nepal: Maybe it is time to recognize the position of the language in the country, by Bhumika Ghimire (on 05/08/2008), Anatomy of Hindi, by Prakash A Raj (kp 09/08/2008)

UN chief calls for protection of indigenous languages (ht 09/08/2008)

Nepali language is the symbol of national unity, by Durga Prasad Nepal (tg 23/07/2008), Languages And Lingua Franca, by Dhruba H. Adhikary (rn 29/07/2008)

Policing language, by Arun Gupto (kp 20/07/2008)

TU to conduct nationwide language survey (kp 28/06/2008), Nationwide language survey in offing (kp 16/07/2008)

Mother tongue textbooks preparation at snail’s pace (kp 18/06/2008)

Multilingual world, by Howard Roak (kp 15/06/2008)

Govt to conduct linguistic survey (nn 22/04/2008)

English writing in Nepal, by Dominique Francon (kp 13/04/2008)

Only surviving Dura speaker keen to teach, by Thira L Bhusal (kp 29/03/2008)

Male chauvinism in language, by Prem Bahadur Phyak (kp 12/03/2008)

NHRC calls govt to respect all mother tongues (ht 21/02/2008)

The global language, by Sorrel Retchford (kp 10/02/2008)

Local dialect class at NA barrack, by Sujeet Mahat (kp 09/02/2008)

8 endangered languages to be documented (kp 14/01/2008)

With 1 surviving speaker, Dura going dodo way, by Smita Magar (kp 10/01/2008) [Thanks to centuries of one-sided royal cultural politics and non-inclusion!!], Battle to save the last of Nepal's Dura speakers, by Andrew Buncombe (Independent, UK 17/01/2008), The last of Nepal’s Dura speakers, by Charles Haviland (Daily Times 17/01/2008)

Bhasha Sanchar's online Nepali dictionary (kp 13/12/2007)

Nepal Bhasa conference on Oct 23-24 (samn 19/10/2007), NRNs pledge support for Nepal Bhasa dev (samn 24/10/2007)

Illustrating a mother tongue: An artist from Darjeeing helps save his language through art, by Sara Shneiderman (nt 12/10/2007)

Mother tongue is human right: Experts (kp 13/09/2007)

How about educating kids in mother tongue?, by Anjali Subedi (kp 19/07/2007)

Linguistic black day, by Prem Phyak (tg 13/06/2007)

No Nepa-English please, by Sanjeeb Prem (kp 01/06/2007)

Newa front for promotion of Nepalbhasha (samn 10/05/2007)

A mother of mother tongue education, by Mark Turin (nt 06/04/2007)

'Shah kings harmed Newari language' (samn 23/03/2007)

Language rights workers’ rally (samn 15/03/2007)

Nepali language attracts foreign students, by Anjali Subedi (kp 12/03/2007)

Linguistic inclusion & national integration, by Khagendra N Sharma (kp 09/03/2007)

'Preservation of language, culture must' (samn 23/02/2007)

My tongue or yours? Language is contentious, and the debate between national languages and mother tongues more so, by Mark Turin (nt 16/02/2007)

Language for peace building, by Lal-Shankarelu Rapacha (kp 11/02/2007)

How do you say?, a book review (nt 05/01/2007)

116 languages face extinction: experts (samn 05/11/2006)

Wambule Rai language conference held (kp 23/10/2006)

‘First Language First’, by Yogendra P Yadava (kp 06/08/2006)

Nepal's Language Needs Preservation Too many forgetting mother tongue, by Rupa Kharel (Ohmy News 29/05/2006)

Nepal Bhasa dictionary being compiled (nn 10/04/2006)

Saving linguo-species of Nepal, by Lal-Shyãkarelu Rapacha (kp 02/04/2006)

Dictionaries misinform people: PIL (samn 01/04/2006)

Nepalese language helps foster Indo-Nepal ties: writers (hi 26/03/2006), Show of Cultural Unity Nepali language is another area, which binds Nepal and India closer, by Keshab Poudel (sp 31/03/2006)

Nepalese Linguistics (kp 26/03/2006)

On multi-tongues of Nepal, by Lal-Shyãkarelu Rapacha (kp 19/03/2006)

Mother tongue movement to continue (samn 21/02/2006)

Communities favour Nepali language (samn 11/01/2006)

Indigenous dialects on extinction path (samn 06/11/2005)

Say it in Nepali: Alienated from Nepali, half-related to English, we grew up owning neither this nor that, by Shraddha Ghale (nt 09/09/2005)

Cognitive Dissonance: Nepali Bhasha Andolan, circa 1960s, by Peter J Karthak (kp 07/08/2005)

‘Majority of languages on verge of extinction’, by Namoti Nembang (rn 15/07/2005)

Empowered ethnicities’ bid to revive dying patois (ht 02/05/2005)

Language of Barams facing extinction (rn 23/01/2005)

For older links see archive

Background

Shabda Mala website (Learning to read and write in Nepali, for children)

New Materials on Kusunda Language, by B.K. Rana, Linguistic Society of Nepal; paper presented to the fourth round table international conference on ethnogenesis in South and Central Asia, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, May, 11-13, 2002

Languages of Nepal

Welcome to the Sherpa Language: A word list, compiled by Lhakpa Sherpani, see also Sherpa-German word list