DescriptionOpenSpeaks-thq-Eastern Tharu-Achhai Chaudhary-SC-Medicinal Plants 01.webm	In this video, Achhai Chaudhary, a speaker of the Eastern (Saptariya) Tharu language of Nepal and a resident of Saptari District from the Madhesh Province of Nepal, shares about the medicinal properties of several local plants in his native language, Eastern (Saptariya) Tharu, in 2025. Interviewed by Sanjib Chaudhary. Unused or trimmed archival footage from the film was edited by Subhashish Panigrahi and published under the OpenSpeaks Archives project in 2026. Eastern Tharu, Nepali, and English subtitles are by Sanjib Chaudhary, and the subtitles are edited by Panigrahi. Metadata Project/Film name: OpenSpeaks Archives Cast: Achhai Chaudhary Interview location: Terahota (spelled as Terhauta (तेरहौता) locally), Saptari district , Madhesh, Nepal Language: Eastern (Saptariya) Tharu (ISO 639: thq) Runtime: 1:18 min Color: Color Sound: Stereo Genre: Documentary Topic: Language documentation Release date: 2025-01-01 Producer: Sanjib Chaudhary Director: Sanjib Chaudhary Writer: Sanjib Chaudhary Cinematographer: Sanjib Chaudhary Editor: Sanjib Chaudhary Recordist: Sanjib Chaudhary Subtitles (creator, editor): In Nepali by Sanjib Chaudhary (creator), Sanjib Chaudhary (reviewer), Sanjib Chaudhary (editor) Copyright holder: Sanjib Chaudhary OpenSpeaks Oral Knowledge Documentation Record Parameter 1: Provenance and consent: documented Parameter 2: Community review: documented Parameter 3: Multilingual transcription / subtitles: documented Cite as OpenSpeaks Archives: "OpenSpeaks-thq-Eastern Tharu-Achhai Chaudhary-SC-Medicinal Plants 01.webm", Sanjib Chaudhary (2025-01-01) 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.
Date	6 April 2026
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Author	Moral Right: Achhai Chaudhary      Alternative names Achhai Chaudhury Description Nepali author Location of birth Nepal Authority file : Q138949609 creator QS:P170,Q138949609 ; Copyright: Sanjib Chaudhary      Alternative names User:Sanjib Chaudhary Description Nepali archivist Location of birth Nepal Authority file : Q130354641 creator QS:P170,Q130354641
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Updated 9 April 2026 by Sanjib Chaudhary

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