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Film, Video Script Invention and Revitalization in Eastern and Northeastern India Since 1950

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Title

  • Script Invention and Revitalization in Eastern and Northeastern India Since 1950

Summary

  • The recent history of two areas of India, the eastern and northeastern regions, have seen vibrant movements to create or recreate writing systems for languages like Santali and Sora. These efforts by communities who speak these languages provide alternatives to external pressures to render languages in dominant scripts like Devanagari and the roman alphabet.

Event Date

  • April 14, 2021

Running Time

  • 1 hours 24 minutes 50 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Script Invention and Revitalization in Eastern and Northeastern India Since. 2021. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-9846/.

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(2021) Script Invention and Revitalization in Eastern and Northeastern India Since. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-9846/.

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Script Invention and Revitalization in Eastern and Northeastern India Since. 2021. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-9846/>.