{{Short description|Fijian linguistics academic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} '''Nikhat Shameem''' is a Fijian academic in the field of linguistics. Her research interests include language maintenance and shift of pidgins, creoles and minority languages, language teaching and assessment, and sociolinguistic surveys.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Dr. Nikhat Shameem (Linguistics) |url=https://www.usp.ac.fj/linguistics-languages/linguistics-staff-profiles/dr-nikhat-shameem/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=Discipline of Linguistics and Languages |language=en-US}}</ref> Shameem also leads initiatives to preserve and revitalise the Fiji-Hindi language.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=fijivillage |title=Fiji is the place of birth of Fiji Hindi - Dr Nikhat Shameem |url=https://www.fijivillage.com/news/Fiji-is-the-place-of-birth-of-Fiji-Hindi---Dr-Nikhat-Shameem-k5r9s2/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=www.fijivillage.com |language=en}}</ref>
== Biography == Shameem was born and raised in Suva, Fiji, and studied education at the University of the South Pacific.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=A Journey Through Poetry |url=https://www.pressreader.com/fiji/the-fiji-times/20191215/282389811370859 |access-date=2024-04-21 |via=PressReader}}</ref> She completed a diploma in teaching English as a second language, and a PhD in applied linguistics, at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She completed a master's degree in business administration at the University of Cumbria, England, graduating in 2019.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Shameem graduates with MBA in leadership and sustainability in UK |url=https://www.pressreader.com/fiji/fiji-sun/20191130/281694026637749 |access-date=2024-04-21 |via=PressReader}}</ref>
Shammem worked for UNICEF in Nigeria, Zimbabwe and the Sudan, and returned to Fiji in 2018.<ref name=":1" /> In 2019, she was appointed interim director of the Fiji Higher Education Commission.<ref name=":1" />
Shameem speaks Fiji Hindi and is active in preserving and revitalisting the language.<ref name=":3" /> In 2019, she published a book of poetry in Fiji Hindi, and is the only person to have written and published poetry in this language.<ref name=":2" />
== Publications == * Shameem, N. (1992). ''Arrival, and other stories''. Wellington Multicultural Educational Resource Centre.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arrival, and other stories {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/154174499 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=search.worldcat.org |language=en}}</ref> * Shameem, N. (2019). ''Let the conch speak''. Nikhat Shameem.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Let the conch speak {{!}} WorldCat.org |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/1145028676 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=search.worldcat.org |language=en}}</ref>
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