This is a Lepcha Manuscript. These manuscripts are found in Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Sikkim in India. The Lepcha people are local to Sikkim but represent a minority of the population in Sikkim and neighbouring areas. The culture and language has been diminishing for over a century as many young Lepcha give preference to learning English or Nepalese and are less interested in their traditions. The Lepcha people have their own indigenous script which dates back to the 18th century. The manuscripts reveal the earliest stages of Lepcha literary heritage. The oldest handwritten materials that have so far been identified were written in the second half ...

The Chronicle, a Canberra based newspaper has run in today's edition (Tuesday, 18 February 2014) a news on the upcoming IMLM event 'Language Walk'. IMLM thanks the Chronicle for running this news.