Kamala Sen-Khatri | |
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Born | Dang district, Nepal |
Nationality | Nepalese |
Other names | Kamala Sen Kamala Khatri Kamala Kusunda |
Occupation | Language activism |
Relatives | Gyani Maiya Sen-Kusunda (sister) |
Kamala Sen-Khatri (also known as Kamala Sen, Kamala Khatri and Kamala Kusunda) is a language activist from Nepal. As of 2023, she is known as the sole living fluent native speaker of the language isolate Kusunda language which was nearing extinction in the 2000s. She is involved in reviving the language by speaking, contributing in language data archiving and teaching it to young children. Sen-Khatri is the younger sister of the late Gyani Maiya Sen-Kusunda.