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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">filnauki</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Филологические науки в МГИМО</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>MGIMO Journal of Language Research and Teaching</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2410-2423</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2782-3717</issn><publisher><publisher-name>МГИМО МИД России</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24833/2410-2423-2026-1-46-130-144</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">filnauki-681</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Социолингвистика и геолингвистика</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND GEOLINGUISTICS</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Противостояние политике языка: раскрытие слоёв образовательной дискриминации среди женщин из касты далитов-мадхеси в Непале</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Contesting Language Politics: Unveiling Layers of Educational Exclusion among Madhesi Dalit Women in Nepal</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1505-5082</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Непали</surname><given-names>Г.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Nepali</surname><given-names>G.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Гхамбер Непали – аспирант кафедры политологии</p><p>Киртипур, Катманду</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ghamber Nepali is a PhD scholar in Political Science </p><p>Kirtipur, Kathmandu</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">ghamber.nepali@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Университет Трибхувана</institution><country>Непал</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Tribhuvan University</institution><country>Nepal</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>19</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>12</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>130</fpage><lpage>144</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Непали Г., 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Непали Г.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Nepali G.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://philnauki.mgimo.ru/jour/article/view/681">https://philnauki.mgimo.ru/jour/article/view/681</self-uri><abstract><p>Женщины из касты далитов-мадхеси (неприкасаемых из южных равнин) составляют одну из наиболее социально-экономически обездоленных и структурно маргинализированных групп в Непале. Находясь на пересечении кастовой принадлежности, пола, регионального положения и языковой идентичности, они остаются крайне ограниченными в отношении доступа к образованию. Данное квалитативное исследование изучает сложные барьеры и факторы, влияющие на получение образования женщинами из касты далитов-мадхеси в округах Сираха, Махоттари, Бара, Парса и Раутахат провинции Мадхеш. Основываясь на проведённых методом «снежного кома» интервью с женщинами из касты далитов-мадхеси, обучающимися в высших учебных заведениях, исследование теоретически опирается на концепции языкового капитала и символической власти Бурдье. Результаты показывают, что политика языка играет центральную роль в воспроизведении моделей образовательной дискриминации. Доминирование непальского языка в учебных программах и преподавании отталкивает студентов, чьими родными языками являются майтхили, бходжпури или авадхи, укрепляя в системе образования культурные нормы, ориентированные на горные районы. Участники исследования сообщили о значительных академических и эмоциональных трудностях, возникающих из-за языкового разрыва между домом и школой, что создаёт двойное бремя: необходимость освоения языка и культурной адаптации. Преобладание непальского языка в обучении функционирует не просто как педагогическая практика, но и как механизм символической изоляции, который подавляет возможности активного участия и подрывает уверенность. Языковая маргинализация усугубляется дискриминацией по кастовому признаку, гендерными нормами, ранними браками, домашним трудом и экономической нестабильностью, что в совокупности ограничивает доступ к высшему образованию. В то же время, собранные рассказы демонстрируют стойкость и самостоятельность: женщины смогли получить поддержку через сверстников, учителей, семьи и организации далитов, а некоторые стратегически накопили капитал доминирующего языка, овладев непальским языком и таким образом превратив дискриминацию в расширение своих прав и возможностей. Эти выводы подчёркивают острую необходимость в инклюзивной многоязычной образовательной политике, более сильных институциональных механизмах и структурных реформах для противодействия укоренившимся кастово-гендерно-языковым иерархиям в системе образования Непала.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Madhesi Dalit women constitute one of the most socio-economically disadvantaged and structurally marginalized groups in Nepal. Situated at the intersection of caste, gender, regional location, and linguistic identity, their access to education remains profoundly constrained. This qualitative study examines the complex barriers and enabling factors shaping the educational experiences of Madhesi Dalit women in the districts of Siraha, Mahottari, Bara, Parsa, and Rautahat in Madhes Province. Drawing on life history interviews with Madhesi Dalit women enrolled in higher education, conducted via snowball sampling, the study is theoretically informed by Bourdieu’s concepts of linguistic capital and symbolic power. The findings highlight that language politics is central to reproducing educational exclusion. The dominance of Nepali in curricula and classroom instruction alienates students whose mother tongues are Maithili, Bhojpuri, or Awadhi, reinforcing hill-centric cultural norms within the education system. Participants reported significant academic and emotional struggles arising from the linguistic disjuncture between home and school, creating a dual burden of language acquisition and cultural adaptation. Nepali-dominant instruction functions not merely as a pedagogical practice but as a mechanism of symbolic exclusion that silences participation and undermines confidence. Linguistic marginalization is compounded by caste-based discrimination, gendered norms, early marriage, domestic labor, and economic insecurity, collectively limiting access to higher education. At the same time, the narratives reveal resilience and agency: women mobilized support through peers, teachers, family encouragement, and Dalit organizations, and some strategically accumulated dominant linguistic capital by mastering Nepali, transforming exclusion into empowerment. These findings underscore the urgent need for inclusive multilingual education policies, stronger institutional mechanisms, and structural reforms to challenge entrenched caste–gender–language hierarchies in Nepal’s education system.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Непал</kwd><kwd>женщины из касты далитов-мадхеси</kwd><kwd>политика языка</kwd><kwd>образовательная дискриминация</kwd><kwd>многоязычное образование</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Nepal</kwd><kwd>Madhesi Dalit women</kwd><kwd>language politics</kwd><kwd>educational exclusion</kwd><kwd>multilingual education</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Bourdieu, P., &amp; Passeron, J. Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture. London: Sage, 1977.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Bourdieu, P., &amp; Passeron, J. 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