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News channel or source: https://phys.org/news/2023-11-social-media-life-bhutan-unwritten.html
Published on: Wednesday 15 November 2023
Dechen, 40, grew up in Thimphu, the capital city of Bhutan. Her native language was Mangdip, also known as Nyenkha, as her parents are originally from central Bhutan. She went to schools in the city, ...
News Bhutan » Mongar » Social: How WeChat Is Helping Bhutan’s Disappearing Languages Find A New Voice
News channel or source: https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/social-media-bhutan-language/
Published on: Wednesday 21 May 2025
Phd candidate Tashi Dema, from the University of New England, discusses how social media apps, particularly WeChat, are helping to preserve local Bhutanese languages without a written alphabet. Dema ...