Villagers from Nepal’s Nubri Valley who can now see after being partially or completely blind for years thanks to free eye clinics set up as part of a language preservation project. Photo: Cathryn Donohue Villagers from Nepal’s Nubri Valley who can now see after being partially or completely blind for years thanks to free eye clinics set up as part of a language preservation project. Photo: Cathryn Donohue
Villagers from Nepal’s Nubri Valley who can now see after being partially or completely blind for years thanks to free eye clinics set up as part of a language preservation project. Photo: Cathryn Donohue
Nepal
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Endangered languages: linguist creating written language in Nepal uses novel tactic to get villagers talking – an eye clinic to cure blindness

  • Hong Kong-based linguist Cathryn Donohue wanted to preserve the language of the isolated, spread out Nubri people, but first she had to get them together
  • Her solution? Free eye clinics specialising in cataract surgery, which gave back sight to many villagers who had been blind for years

Topic |   Nepal
Kylie Knott
Kylie Knott

Updated: 10:25am, 7 Nov, 2019

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Villagers from Nepal’s Nubri Valley who can now see after being partially or completely blind for years thanks to free eye clinics set up as part of a language preservation project. Photo: Cathryn Donohue Villagers from Nepal’s Nubri Valley who can now see after being partially or completely blind for years thanks to free eye clinics set up as part of a language preservation project. Photo: Cathryn Donohue
Villagers from Nepal’s Nubri Valley who can now see after being partially or completely blind for years thanks to free eye clinics set up as part of a language preservation project. Photo: Cathryn Donohue
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