Nepali Language (nep) - Revision history

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Also Known As: Eastern Pahari,Gorkhali,Parbatiya,Gurkhali,Nepalese,Khas...
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<tr><td><b>Also Known As:</b> Eastern Pahari,Gorkhali,Parbatiya,Gurkhali,Nepalese,Khaskura,Nepali,Lhotshammikha

<b>Description:</b>

Nepali (नेपाली) is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.
It is the lingua-franca of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar (Burma). It is one of 23 official languages of India incorporated in 8th annex of the Indian Constitution. It has official language status in the formerly independent state of Sikkim and in West Bengal's Darjeeling district. Similarly, it is widely spoken in the state of Uttaranchal, as well as in the state of Assam.
Nepali is the easternmost of the Pahari languages, a group of related languages spoken across the lower elevations of the Himalaya range, from eastern Nepal through the Indian states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. The influence of the Nepali language can also be seen in Bhutan and some parts of Burma. Nepali developed in proximity to a number of Tibeto-Burman languages, most notably Nepal Bhasa, and shows Tibeto-Burman influences.
Nepali is closely related to Hindi but is more conservative, borrowing fewer words from Persian and English and using more Sanskritic derivations. Today, Nepali is commonly written in the Devanagari script. There is some record of using Takri<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=63366 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>Location of Nepali Language Speakers</h2>
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<tr><td>Orthography:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_nep_ortho-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_nep_ortho-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Phonology:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_nep_phon-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_nep_phon-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
<tr><td>Vernacular Text:</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_nep_vertxt-1 (download)]</td><td>[http://www.archive.org/stream/rosettaproject_nep_vertxt-1 (browse)] </td></tr>
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<h2>Overview</h2>

<tr><td><b>Main Country: </b></td><td>[http://www.freebase.com/view/en/nepal Nepal]</td></tr>

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<b><i>Countries: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/nepal Nepal], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/india India], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/bhutan Bhutan], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/china China], [http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/brunei Brunei Darussalam]
<b><i>Regions: </i></b>[http:///www.freebase.com/view/en/asia Asia]
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<tr><td><b>ISO 639-1 Code: </b></td><td>ne</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>ISO 639-2 Code: </b></td><td>nep</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>ISO 639-3 Code: </b></td><td>nep</td></tr>

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<tr><td><h2>Classification Taxonomy</h2>
[[All Languages]]

  [[Indo-European Group]]

    [[Indo-Iranian Group]]

      [[Indo-Aryan Group]]

        [[Northern zone Group]]

          [[Eastern Pahari Group]]

            <b>[[Nepali Language]]</b>

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