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Direct linkGiri, Ram Ashish – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2010
Nepali, the official language of administration of Nepal, has been privileged through systematic political manoeuvres throughout its history. English also enjoys special status and privileges, and despite the fact that it is officially only a "foreign" language, in practice it is one of the most dominant languages in educational and…
Descriptors: Official Languages, Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages, Language Dominance
Peer reviewedEagle, Sonia – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1999
Describes the language situation in Nepal in social and historical perspective, as well as by looking at language planning and policy implemented by the national government over the last 50 years. Discusses local languages, multilingualism, and lingua franc. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Multilingualism
Download full textOnline Submission, 2005
There are at least 6,000--7,000 languages spoken in the world today, with over half of them endangered. And 61 percent of the endangered languages are within the Asia and Pacific Region. The publication is a report derived from the Regional (Asia and Pacific Region) Workshop on Mother Tongue/Bilingual Literacy Programs for Ethnic Minorities, held…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Written Language, Workshops, Pilot Projects
