The Encoding of Space in Sino-Tibetan Languages
Collaborators: Kristine Hildebrandt and Nathaniel Sims. Using a database pulled from grammars of fifty Sino-Tibetan languages, we are working on a book-length treatment of this subject. (Photo: Steve Watters)
Misāmi: The Play in the Dolakha Newar Language
Misāmi is a play written in the Dolakha Newar language and restaged in Kathmandu in May 2025 as a community initiative to promote the language. Click here for full information and links to videos of the play.
In addition to the performance and filming of the Misāmi play, a documentary has been made about the play, the language, the Dolakha Newar community, and documentation efforts. Click here for full informations and links to the film.
I have been working with members of the Dolakha Newar community to create and publish a quadrilingual dictionary. We continue our work and aim to produce reverse dictionaries for Nepali and English
Documentation of Dolakha Newar
I am preparing all of the materials I have collected on Dolakha Newar for archiving. Other projects include a trilingual version of my texts, further work on the dictionary, children's books, and possibly video documentation of cultural practices.