# Uday Raj Aaley

_Language researcher, writer and activist from Nepal_

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Last updated: 2026-10-18

> Uday Raj Aaley is a language researcher, lexicographer, writer and activist from Nepal. He is known for documenting and revitalising the moribund Kusunda language and teaching it to young children along with Kusunda elders Gyani Maiya Sen-Kusunda and Kamala Sen-Khatri. In 2019, he and Timotheus Adrianus Bodt raised funds to document audio and video materials in Kusunda and create a list of 250 concepts in Kusunda. Aaley has indicated the lack of prescriptive grammar in Kusunda to generalise and formalise Kusunda in his research findings.

## Quick facts

- **Citizenship:** Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108217430#P27))
- **Occupation:** researcher ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108217430#P106))

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- [Wikipedia (English): Uday Raj Aaley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uday_Raj_Aaley) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
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"Uday Raj Aaley". DigiNepal. Last updated 18 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/uday-raj-aaley. Retrieved 14 November 2026.