Banwang Losu and Rahul Ranadive

It’s been 15 years since Banwang Losu, a school teacher (on the left, in the picture above), began work on collecting sounds to develop a font for the Wancho language, which is spoken by the Wancho tribe of Arunachal Pradesh. The font is now almost ready with just a few technical steps that need to be covered. Losu has worked single-handedly on the development of the script with support from some community elders and college friends, spending hours learning from books and the web. While all are unanimous in appreciating the efforts made by Losu, it is now imperative to take it formally to the Wancho-speaking community.

“The need of the hour is a well-thought-out Wancho Language Primer. This will facilitate learning of the font at school and within communities via volunteering by teachers and others from the Wancho Literary Mission (registered Society),”