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100 Appendix C: Informal Interviews C.1 Informal interview schedule Note: Shaded items are NOT to be read aloud. My name is ………. I am from Central Department of Linguistics, Tribhuvan University. I am here to learn about your language and its situation. We will share the information given by you with others. Are you willing to help us? मेरो नाम.............. हो। अूले पिन आ-आ्नो पिरचय िदने। हामी िरभुवन िव् विवयालय भाषािवञान के्रीय िवभागबाट यहाँहूको भाषाको अ्ययन अनुस्धानका लािग आएका हौं। यहाँहूले िदनु भएको भाषास्ब्धी जानकारीलाई अूसँग रा् ने छौं। हािमलाई सहयोगिदन स्नुहु्छ ? INFORMED CONSENT: Given: □ Not Given: □

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Answer Interview Number Date Day: Month: Year: Place of Interview Ward No: VillageTown: VDCMunicipality: District: Zone: GPS Coordinates: ...……………………………E ....…………………………..N Interviewer Name Language of Elicitation Language of Response Interpreter Name if needed 1. Name of language consultant: तपांको पुरा नाम के हो ? 2. Ask if needed Sex: 3. Age group: उमेर _____________ i ฀ 15-34 ii ฀ 35+ 4. Are you literate? तपाँलाई ले्न-प्न आउँछ ? 5. If “Yes” How did you learn to read write? तपाँले ले्न-प्न कसरी िस्नु भयो? a ฀ Formally औपचािरक ूपमा b ฀ Non-formally अनौपचािरक ूपमा 6. What yearlevel did you complete? कित ्लास कषा स्म प्नुभएको ? 7. Marital status: तपांको िववाहा भएको छ ? 8. If married Mother tongue of your husband wife तपांको िरमानिरमतीको मािर भाषा के हो ? 9. If married Do you have any children? तपाँका छोराछोरी छन् िक छैनन् ? 10. Caste: जाित कुन हो ? 10a. Ethnic group: जनजाित समूह थर कुन हो ? 10b. Which Yamphu Lohorung sub-group? या्फु लोहोुङ को कुन पाछा हो ? 11. What is your present occupation? तपां के काम गनु्हु्छ ? 12. What religion do you practice? तपां कुन धम् मानुहु्छ ? 13. What village were you born in? तपाँ ज्मेको ्थानगाँउ कहाँ हो ? a Ward No वाड् नं. bVillageTown गाउँनगर cVDCmunicipality गािवसनगरपािलका d District िजला e Zone अ् चल 14. Where do you live now? हाल तपाँ कहाँ बनुहु्छ ? a Ward No वाड् नं. bVillageTown गाउँनगर c VDCmunicipality गािवसनगरपािलका d District िजला e Zone अ् चल 15. How many years have you lived here? तपाँ यहाँ बनु भएको कित समय भयो ? 16. Have you lived anywhere else for more than a year? तपाँ आु ठाउँमा एक वष् भ्दा बढी बनु भएको छ ? 17. If so Where? When? How long did you live there ? a कहाँ ? b किहले ? c कित समयस्म ? SCREENING CRITERIA 1: YES □ NO □ Grew up here, Live here now, and, If they have lived elsewhere, it is not a significant amount of recent time. 18. What is your mother tongue? तपईको आ् नो मातृ भाषा के हो ? 19. Where was your mother born? तपांको आमाको खास गाउँ कुन हो ? 20. What is your mothers mother tongue? तपांको आमाको मािर भाषा के हो ? 21. What language did your mother usually speak to you when you were a child? सानो हुँदा तपांको आमाले तपाँलाई कुन भाषा बो्नुभयो ? 22. Where was your father born? तपांको बुवाको खास गाउँ कुन हो ? 23. Your fathers mother tongue? ताईको बुवाको मातृ भाषा के हो ? 24. What language did your father usually speak to you when you were a child? सानो हुँदा तपांको बुवाले तपाँलाई कुन भाषा बो्नुभयो ? SCREENING CRITERIA 2: At least one parent from target MT. YES □ NO □ SCREENING CRITERIA 3: YES □ NO □ RTT: At least one YL parent from this village AND at that parent spoke YL with them. B. Language resources 25. Are there radio programs available in your language? तपाँको भाषामा रेिडयो कय्रम छ ? 26. If “Yes” How often do you listen to radio program broadcast in your language? तपां आ्नो मातृभाषामा रेिडयो काय्रम कितको सु् नुहु्छ ? a ฀ Usually सधैं b ฀ Sometimes किहले काही ँ c ฀ Never किहले पिन होइन 27. only ask literate language consultants Are there materials written about your language? तपाँको भाषाको बारेमा केही कुरा लेिखएको छ भ् ने के-के छन् ? 28. If “Yes” What languages is it written in? कुन भाषामा लेिखएका छन् ? Material: 29. Yes or No? 30. If “Yes” What languages is it written in? a. Literacy materials साषरता सामरी b. Newspapers समाचारपर c. Magazines पिरका d. Written literature िलिखत सािह्य e. Folklore टुका f. Health materials ्वा््याको बरेमा g. Other अ्य 31. If they mentioned written materials Do you read any of these things written in your language? तपाँ आ्नो भाषामा मािथका सामरी म्ये कुनै प्नुहु्छ ?

C. Mother-tongue proficiency and multilingualism