Language Contact in Nepal

This book examines language contact and shift in Nepal, a multilingual context where language attitudes and policies often reflect the complex socio-cultural and socio-political relationship between minority, majority and endangered languages and peoples. Presenting the results of a 15-year study and making use of both quantitative and qualitative data, the author presents evidence relating to speakers' opinions and perceptions of mother tongues including English, Hindi, Nepali, Sherpa, Dotyali, Jumli and Tharu. This book explores an under-studied part of the world, and the findings will be relevant to scholars working in other multilingual contexts in fields including language policy and planning, language contact and change, and language attitudes and ideologies.

Examines the under-studied setting of Nepal from a language use and attitude perspective Situates language shift and change within its socio-political and sociolinguistic context Provides a close study of part of the world where multiple languages are spoken and used

Autorentext

Bhim Lal Gautam is Senior Lecturer in the Central Department of Linguistics at Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Sociolinguistics of Multilingualism in Nepal.- Chapter 2: Language Contact in Nepal.- Chapter 3: Language Contact in Sherpa.- Chapter 4: Language Contact in Newar.- Chapter 5: Language Contact in Maithili.- Chapter 6: Language Shift in Nepal.- Chapter 7: Language Contact and Implications to Language Policies.