Arunachal teacher developed a script on dying Wancho dialect: The language is now in the textbook of government schools
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
  • Circulation
  • Advertise
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
Organiser
  • ‌
  • Bharat
  • World
  • Editorial
  • Analysis
  • Opinion
  • Defence
  • Sports
  • Business
  • More
    • RSS in News
    • Special Report
    • Culture
    • Sci & Tech
    • Entertainment
    • Education
    • Books
    • Interviews
    • Travel
    • Health
    • Obituary
SUBSCRIBE
No Result
View All Result
Organiser
  • ‌
  • Bharat
  • World
  • Editorial
  • Analysis
  • Opinion
  • Defence
  • Sports
  • Business
  • More
    • RSS in News
    • Special Report
    • Culture
    • Sci & Tech
    • Entertainment
    • Education
    • Books
    • Interviews
    • Travel
    • Health
    • Obituary
No Result
View All Result
Organiser
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Bharat
  • World
  • Editorial
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Culture
  • Defence
  • RSS in News
  • Subscribe
Home Bharat

Arunachal teacher developed a script on dying Wancho dialect: The language is now in the textbook of government schools

Dibya Kamal Bordoloi by Dibya Kamal Bordoloi
Sep 15, 2021, 12:32 pm IST
in Bharat
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterTelegramEmail

 

 

Guwahati: When 89 languages from the North-East are on the verge of extinction, with 34 belonging to Arunachal Pradesh alone, a 38 years old teacher Banwang Losu from the hill state, developed an independent Wancho dialect.

Download Organiser App

The school teacher who has done his post-graduation in linguistics at Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute in Pune, after a decade-long struggle, finally developed the Wancho script, which has been now enlisted in the US-based Unicode Consortium for online use, which means it can be used on the internet across the world.

Wancho, one of the tribes in Arunachal Pradesh with over a lakh speakers in the state, didn't have a script until Losu published his first Wancho language book in 2013. Wancho is a Tibetan-Burma community mainly residing in Longdeng, Tirap districts and bordering Assam, Nagaland and Myanmar.

On his unique achievement, Losu said, "We are responsible to preserve our culture and languages ourselves or it will disappear from this world. There is no superior or inferior language; every language is equally important," 

Losu developed the idea to develop a script in his mother tongue while he was a linguistic student in college in mid-2000.  

Losu faced many complications during the development of the new dialect. He said, "I found out that it was not possible to translate the language as it did not capture all of its sounds. So I started researching the phonetics of the language," 

In 2013, a book titled 'Wancho script' was also published carrying the basic application of letters into words and sentences based on the research of Losu.

It is now being used as a textbook in around 20 government-run schools to teach the language. The big achievement of Losu is that the Wancho script has now 44 letters: 15 vowels and 29 consonants, which was on the verge of being extinct before the endeavour of the teacher from Arunachal Pradesh.

Recently, the Arunachal Pradesh government launched eight textbooks of local dialects in Itanagar on the occasion of Teachers' Day, which will be taught in the government schools.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ShareTweetSendShareSend
Previous News

Narcotic Jihad in Kerala: Three arrested with MDMA worth Rs 10 lakh, a pattern of non-Muslims being used for drug trafficking emerge

Next News

India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 75.89 Cr

Related News

Protest all over Tamil Nadu condemning the arrest of Kollywood stunt master Kanal Kannan

Protest all over Tamil Nadu condemning the arrest of Kollywood stunt master Kanal Kannan

MHA clarifies that it had not given any direction to provide EWS flats to Rohingyas

MHA clarifies that it had not given any direction to provide EWS flats to Rohingyas

One Nation One Symbol for Made in India products

One Nation One Symbol for Made in India products

Not Sexual Harassment as complainant Wearing sexually Provocative Clothes: Kerala Court on granting bail to ex-Maoist

Not Sexual Harassment as complainant Wearing sexually Provocative Clothes: Kerala Court on granting bail to ex-Maoist

Sonowal, Yediyurappa make it to BJP’s reconstituted crucial Parliamentary Board

Sonowal, Yediyurappa make it to BJP’s reconstituted crucial Parliamentary Board

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: The Man Who Took The Message of Krishna to Nook and Corner of the World

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: The Man Who Took The Message of Krishna to Nook and Corner of the World

Comments

The comments posted here/below/in the given space are not on behalf of Organiser. The person posting the comment will be in sole ownership of its responsibility. According to the central government's IT rules, obscene or offensive statement made against a person, religion, community or nation is a punishable offense, and legal action would be taken against people who indulge in such activities.

Latest News

Protest all over Tamil Nadu condemning the arrest of Kollywood stunt master Kanal Kannan

Protest all over Tamil Nadu condemning the arrest of Kollywood stunt master Kanal Kannan

MHA clarifies that it had not given any direction to provide EWS flats to Rohingyas

MHA clarifies that it had not given any direction to provide EWS flats to Rohingyas

One Nation One Symbol for Made in India products

One Nation One Symbol for Made in India products

Not Sexual Harassment as complainant Wearing sexually Provocative Clothes: Kerala Court on granting bail to ex-Maoist

Not Sexual Harassment as complainant Wearing sexually Provocative Clothes: Kerala Court on granting bail to ex-Maoist

Sonowal, Yediyurappa make it to BJP’s reconstituted crucial Parliamentary Board

Sonowal, Yediyurappa make it to BJP’s reconstituted crucial Parliamentary Board

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: The Man Who Took The Message of Krishna to Nook and Corner of the World

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: The Man Who Took The Message of Krishna to Nook and Corner of the World

Instead of Housing Rohingyas, push them out of Bharat: Alok Kumar

Instead of Housing Rohingyas, push them out of Bharat: Alok Kumar

India-US are “indispensable partners”: Joe Biden greets India on 75th Independence Day

India-US are “indispensable partners”: Joe Biden greets India on 75th Independence Day

Under PM Modi, Unprecedented Modernisation of Armed Forces

Under PM Modi, Unprecedented Modernisation of Armed Forces

Gita Sahasragala- “largest and simultaneous Hindu text recital” took place in the city of Dallas in USA

Gita Sahasragala- “largest and simultaneous Hindu text recital” took place in the city of Dallas in USA

  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Cookie Policy
  • Refund and Cancellation
  • Delivery and Shipping Policy

© Bharat Prakashan (Delhi) Limited.
Tech-enabled by Ananthapuri Technologies

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Bharat
  • World
  • Editorial
  • Analysis
  • Opinion
  • Defence
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Business
  • RSS in News
  • Special Report
  • Sci & Tech
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Books
  • Interviews
  • Travel
  • Health
  • Obituary
  • Subscribe
  • Advertise
  • Circulation
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Refund and Cancellation

© Bharat Prakashan (Delhi) Limited.
Tech-enabled by Ananthapuri Technologies