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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!]

Documents / Websites

Nepali, introductory website into the Nepali language by John Whelpton

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



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