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Preservation
of languages should begin at home: Minister
Gurung (kh 09/11/2024) [But of what use is the ethnic
mother tongue in everyday life and in the
professional perspective if one's own mother
tongue counts for nothing and the ruling Nepali
elite is not forced to deal with other ethnic
languages of the country?]
MoU
signed for research on Nepali language and
literature (kh 17/08/2024)
Tamang
and Nepal Bhasa languages officially recognized
in Bagmati Province (kh 06/05/2024)
Nuances
Of Englishes: Teaching English in Nepal, by
Amar Bahadur Sherma (rep 30/03/2024)
Nepali
language speakers worldwide form association in
Bangkok (kh 19/03/2024), Nepali
language speakers worldwide form ANO in Bangkok
(rep 19/03/2024)
Use
of mother tongue should be increased: Minister
Sharma (rn 08/01/2024) [Make knowledge of at least one national
language, other than Nepali, compulsory for
access to all public and political offices. This
would increase the importance of these languages
enormously and also improve the chances of
applicants who are not native Nepali speakers!]
Language
Commission expresses concern over negligence of
Nepali language in govt offices, by Bhasa
Sharma (rep 08/11/2023)
Need
for Native Language Education in Nepali Schools,
by Ritu Raj Lamsal (rep 15/10/2023)
The
medium language of teaching : Nepal’s
universities should remove barriers that
restrict the possibilities for obtaining higher
education, by Pratyoush Onta (kp
29/09/2023)
SC
orders to summon Amicus curiae in Nepali
orthography case (rep 22/09/2023)
Preserve
Mother Tongues, by Samprada
Bajracharya (rn 21/08/2023)
English
in Nepal: Luxury of choice :_ Outside
the realms of pedagogy, the production
of English language books is gaining
popularity, by Abhi Subedi (kp
13/08/2023)
Maithili
weathering two-pronged attack : State
neglect and calls for recognition of
Hindi as contact language of the Madhes
pose a serious threat to the language
with a rich history, by Himanshu
Chaudhary (ae 02/08/2023)
Call
to recognize Hindi as official language
(rep 23/07/2023), Call
to recognize Hindi as official language
(rn 23/07/2023)
Shun
Feudal Form Of Language, by Bhupa P
Dhamala (rn 28/06/2023)
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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