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The Newar people have lived in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal and surrounding areas for centuries. But the Newar language – also called Nepalbhasa – was banned, from 1846 until 1951. People caught using the language were put in prison or expelled. Use of the language declined through the 20th century, and some experts believe that it could disappear in the next 30 or so years. That’s why a group in Kathmandu is working to preserve the historic calligraphy of the Newars. Zinara Rathnayake has the story for us today.

UVA’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies helped this graduating student learn about people while earning his degree.

In music, painting, and dance, there is always a search for a new language—one that expresses the forms, styles, and tendencies of the present moment

Data shows the map of languages spoken at home is changing. The reasons behind it are more complex than the numbers suggest.

A persistent cultural myth holds that people default to cursing because they lack the vocabulary for proper expression. Recent psychological research contradicts this idea, showing that knowledge of swear words correlates directly with overall verbal fluency.