Issues in Encoding the Writing of Nepal’s Languages

Hall, Patrick A. V.; Bal, Bal Krishna; Dhakhwa, Sagun; Regmi, Bhim Narayan

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-54906-9_5

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“…The basic difference is that Rogers (2005) lists the features of Brahmi, Devanagari and other scripts-inherent schwa, both independent and dependent vowel letters, ligature and concatenations, etc. Hall et al (2014) and Pokharel (2073BS) agree with this view and call Devanagari abugida system of writing. This view perfectly captures the structure of the symbols in Devanagari (and Brahmi including its descendants), however, lacks to capture the basic unit where these structures operate, i.e., the functional unit.…”

Section: The Formative Principle Of the Scripts Of Nepalmentioning

confidence: 86%

Multilanguage Orthography for the Languages of Nepal

Regmi

2017

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The earliest evidence of writing in Nepal is about 250 BC in Brahmi script and almost all the scripts used in present day Nepal—as many as fifteen—are the descendants of Brahmi which are built on the same formative principles of 'syllabic alphabet'. The existence of multilanguage orthographies as well as multiscripts has been the regular phenomenon in Nepal—independent to languages and language families. In the complexity of language-ethnicity and language-script relations, Nepali and the Devanagari script have been bearing the role of linking people in this country resulting from and resulted into a medium of education, media, and wider communication. Many scholars, following UNESCO 1951 report, have suggested for a standard orthography for the languages of Nepal, however, there are other views as well. In this background a Devanagari based multilanguage orthography have been proposed. This will fulfill the need of interoperable standard orthography in Nepal and benefit various types of users belonging to different language communities. The orthography will be shift from syllabic alphabet to alphabet as its systemic shift.

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Section: The Formative Principle Of the Scripts Of Nepalmentioning

confidence: 86%

Multilanguage Orthography for the Languages of Nepal

Regmi

2017

Gipan

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“…One such team that has been collaborating with NLG is the Callijatra team, a group formed by youth activists (Callijatra, n. d.). Though NLG was already working on creating fonts for word processing and digitally encoding the native scripts as unicode (Hall et al, 2014;P. Tuladhar, 2018), activities have been more leveraged by the use of ICT through collaborating with Callijatra (Deupala, 2018).…”

Section: Findings: the Guthi Goes Digital And Differentmentioning

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ICT and Institutional Transformations in the Global South

Shakya,

Drechsler

2023

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At a juncture where various streams questioning the role of ICT in democratic governance have joined, this paper explores how a traditional South Asian institution – the Guthi – is rejuvenated, if not resuscitated, by ICT, especially – but not only – by the Communication aspect, prompted by a cataclysmic event, and also propelled towards global normative priorities. The case came to attention after the major earthquake of 2015 in Nepal. The Guthi, the traditional institution of cooperative self-governance prevalent primarily amongst the Newars of Kathmandu Valley, was in serious decline and the earthquake laid bare the void it had left behind. Leveraging on ICT and following their traditions, the communities put forward the case for their participation in rebuilding efforts. Especially this, but also those possibilities in general, “spun off” new iterations of the Guthi: neo-Guthis, sub-Guthis, and quasi-Guthis. We argue that much of the criticism that is levelled against the Guthi today ignores these and solely focuses on the ancient, guthis. As we put forth, it was the reaction to the demand of the time as well as utilizing the tools available, and even adapting the organization(s) to do so, that enabled the rejuvenation of an indigenous institution.

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Issues in Encoding the Writing of Nepal’s Languages

Cited by 2 publications

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Multilanguage Orthography for the Languages of Nepal

Multilanguage Orthography for the Languages of Nepal

ICT and Institutional Transformations in the Global South

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