Study begins on Thami ethnicity, script

Kathmandu : The Language Commission has begun the study of Thami people living at Kalinchowk of Dolakha district. The language and script of the indigenous community would be studied as per the protection of language provisioned in the constitution. The study that began two days back will consult the locals, teachers and students, and other concerned people, so that it would help draft policy on the language of the ethnic communities.
During a recent programme presided over by Chairman of Kalinchowk rural municipality, Man Bahadur Thapa, Chairman of Language Commission, Labadev Abasthi, said the Commission initiated the work on consulting concerned sectors to study the ethnic Thami people of Kalinchowk and their language.
The suggestions collected from the field would be relayed to the State for facilitating it to devise the language policy. Secretary at Language Commission, Ambika Prasad Regmi said the problems of the particular languages and the identity they have established would be collected.
In the recent two days, the team of the Commission reached 53 schools and made them aware about the number of languages, their practice and the State policy on the recognition of multi languages. In addition to the Thami ethnicity, the Commission also studied the Newa, Tamang, Sherpa and others. RSS