Language is the deepest vessel of culture. When a language fades, so do the songs, the jokes, the prayers, and the very way a people understands the world. Recognising this, the Tamang Society of Canada launched its first formal Tamang Language Program this winter — free Saturday classes held at a community centre in Brampton, open to all ages.
The programme is led by Dil Kumar Tamang, a retired schoolteacher from Rasuwa who immigrated to Canada in 2018. “The Tamang language has its own script, its own literature, its own poetry,” he explains. “Our young people here are eager — they want to connect to something real.”
Who Attends?
The classes draw a striking mix: teenagers born in Canada sitting alongside grandparents who spoke Tamang every day of their lives in Nepal. The younger students bring energy and curiosity; the elders bring vocabulary that no dictionary has yet recorded. Together, they are building something new.
Within three months, over 45 participants had enrolled across two age-group sessions. Several adult learners report using basic Tamang phrases with elderly relatives in Nepal over video calls — moments that, as one participant put it, “made my mum cry happy tears.”
Classes run every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Registration is free for all TSC members. Become a member to join the next cohort.
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