Keeping a record of almost lost tongues
Bhutan Oral Literature and Language Documentation Projects: A documentation project is underway to preserve the unique local dialects and languages of Bhutan. Titled ‘Bhutan Oral Literature and Language Documentation Projects (BOLDP)’, it began in 2010 but was formally launched last year, after approval from the government. A researcher of...
Heart of matter
It was not a surprise but surely a setback to read in a recent interview with a Nepalese daily Bhutan’s Information and Communication Minister Nandalal Rai saying that he sees the possibility of communal violence in the country if the government revives the Nepali language version of the state-controlled...