Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Nepal plunges into politics of languages


The issue of official language(s) has never been as sensitive in Nepal as it is now. While the interim statute maintains the continuity of Nepal, in Devnagari script, as the language of official communication, some members of the 601-strong Constituent Assembly want to add 11 more languages to the list, giving them the same status, while others are advocating for the addition of Hindi . Otherwise, the members will resort to writing "notes of dissent", unwittingly...

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