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ITANAGAR: The Arunachal University of Studies (AUS) at Namsai district of Arunachal Pradesh is all set to establish Dr S M Goel linguistic chair at the varsity for creation and preservation of tribal language scripts and culture.
The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. B Mohan Kumar on Thursday while announcing this informed that an annual sponsorship of Rs ten lakh has been earmarked by the 'World Education Mission' for the purpose.
"Language is not only a medium of communication among the people but also it is the carrier of knowledge, culture and tradition of any society. Arunachal Pradesh, with 26 tribes and more than 100 sub-tribes, has a very diversified knowledge and culture. It is a matter of concern that majority of the tribes do not have their own scripts for writing," said Prof. Kumar said in his address.
"Alternative scripts like Roman, Devanagri and Assamese are inadequate to cater to the needs of the tribal languages. In view of this, Bangwang Losu, in a remarkable effort, has created the script for the Wangcho language," he added.
The VC further informed that the university is planning to utilize the endowment by the 'World Education Mission' for carrying out research on creating scripts of the Nocte and Tangsa languages initially and also preserving the literature available in Tai Khamti Language (Lik Tai).
He thanked Dr Ashwani Lochan, President of the 'World Education Mission', for creating the endowment, which would benefit the researchers in the field.
AUS, the only NAAC accredited and leading university of the state has significantly contributed to the development of Arunachal Pradesh in many ways and is continuing to work for the betterment of the tribal society.
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