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Teach Yourself Nepali is a complete
course in understanding, speaking and writing Nepali,
the lingua franca of the central and eastern Himalaya,
and the national language of Nepal. If you are a beginner,
or if your Nepali just needs brushing up, this course
will progress quickly beyond the basics to a level where
you can communicate with confidence.
The Nepali presented in the course is
primarily colloquial and practical. The course is divided
into 24 units, each of which is based on dialogues which
exemplify and bring to life the new grammar introduced
in that particular unit. Transliteration in the roman
script is provided for the first four units and for
all words in the English-Nepali glossary.
The book is accompanied by 2 cassettes
containing approximately 2 hours of listening material.
The cassettes can be purchased on their own or as a
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Michael Hutt, co-author, studied
for a BA in South Asian Studies at the School of Oriental
and African Studies (SOAS) in London from 1976 to 1980,
and then for a PhD in Nepali, which was awarded in 1984.
Since 1990 he has taught Nepali and Himalayan Studies
at SOAS and has published a range of books and articles.
His most recent work deals with the problem faced by
Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees.
Abhi Subedi, co-author, has an
M.A. in literature and Ph.D. in literary theory. He
did postgraduate language studies at Edinburgh University.
He is currently Professor of English at Kirtipur, Tribhuvan
University. He is a Nepali writer, critic, poet and
playwright and has had over a dozen books published. |
learn to speak, understand and write nepali