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I like it. I do not like it. I don’t mind it.
Kansakar et al.: A sociolinguistic study of the Baram language
7.3 Would you like your children to learn to read and write Baram in addition to Nepali?
Yes No
7.4 What would you say if the government offered to teach in Baram in the first years of primary school?
I like it. I do not like it. I don’t mind it.
7.5 How would you feel speaking in your mother tongue/first language in the presence of a speaker of the
dominant language?
Prestigious Embarrassed Neutral
7.6 Among the languages you speak, which one do you like most?
Baram Nepali …………………
Why? ……………………………………………………………..
7.7 Have you ever had any problems because of speaking the Baram language?
Yes No
7.8 How do you feel when you hear young people of your own community speaking other languages instead of
their first language?
Good Bad Neutral
7.9 Do you encourage the younger generation to speak your native language?
7.10 If yes, why?
Yes No
a……………………………. b……………………………. c………………………………
7.11 If no, why? ………………………..
7.12 How would you feel if your son or daughter were to marry a non-Baram speaker?
8. Language Vitality, Maintenance and Endangerment
8.1 What language(s) did you speak at home when you were a child?
…………………. …………………. ………………….
8.2 Which one did you speak first?
………………………
8.3 What language(s) do/did your father and mother speak with each other?
Baram Nepali ………………….
8.4 What language(s) do you speak most often with your husband / wife? What do they speak with you?
I speak: Baram Nepali ……………
S/he speaks: Baram Nepali ……………
8.5 What language(s) do you speak with friends the same age? (From your language)
Baram Nepali ………………….
8.6 What language(s) do you speak most often with your children? What do they speak with you?
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