THE COVID PANDEMIC: RESPONSE OF THE RAJI REVITALIZATION PROGRAMMES
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https://doi.org/10.51611/iars.irj.v11i1.2021.149Keywords:
Language, Raji Community, Language Documentation, Language RevitalizationAbstract
Raji is a little known tribal community that resides in twelve geographically scattered hamlets in the state of Uttarakhand, India. According to 2011 Census, their total population is 732. Their language belongs to Tibeto-Burman family. Since, last twenty years or so the author has been working with this group and trying to document, preserve and revitalize their language and culture. Language revitalization requires tackling problems on many fronts and its different approaches depend upon the unique local conditions of the speech community. The author is trying to develop a new revitalization model called 'South Asian Model of Language Revitalization'. This paper discusses the Response of the Raji Revitalization Program towards the present pandemic and sheds light upon the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Raji community and the status of their language.
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