# OpenSpeaks-rji-Raji-Uday Raj Aaley-Kaliprasad Raji-Introduction and Use of Raji

In this video, Kaliprasad Raji, a speaker of the Raji language from Bardiya district, Nepal, introduces himself and discusses how his language is used every day. Raji was interviewed on the 25th February, 2026, by Uday Raj Aaley in the former's home in Nepal. The interview was subtitled in Nepali at the location by Aaley, based on a verbatim Nepali translation by Raji. Footage and subtitles were edited by Subhashish Panigrahi and were published under the OpenSpeaks Archives project in 2026.

Metadata

Project/Film name: OpenSpeaks

Cast: Kaliprasad Raji, Uday Raj Aaley

Interview location: Bardiya district, Nepal

Language: Raji

Runtime: 00:01:21

Color: Color

Sound: Stereo

Genre: Documentary

Topic: Language documentation

Release date: 2026-02-25

Source: "Kaliprasad Raji introducing himself and discussing the use of his native language, Raji". Padma (2026)

Producer: Subhashish Panigrahi

Director: Subhashish Panigrahi

Cinematographer: Subhashish Panigrahi

Editor: Subhashish Panigrahi

Recordist: Dirgha Bahadur Chaudhary

Videographer: Dirgha Bahadur Chaudhary

Subtitle editor: Subhashish Panigrahi

Cite as

OpenSpeaks: "OpenSpeaks-rji-Raji-Uday Raj Aaley-Kaliprasad Raji-Introduction and Use of Raji.webm", Subhashish Panigrahi (2026-02-25)

This media is part of OpenSpeaks, an initiative to document Indigenous and other low-resourced languages and support language archivists. Content published with Open Access under a Creative Commons license.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2026
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: Subhashish Panigrahi
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OpenSpeaks-rji-Raji-Uday_Raj_Aaley-Kaliprasad_Raji-Introduction_and_Use_of_Raji.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Subhashish Panigrahi
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/186205169?play=1)