Newar language

E133168
Sino-Tibetan language indigenous language language language of Nepal

The Newar language is an indigenous Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal, historically associated with the Newar people and the Kathmandu Valley’s rich literary and cultural traditions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Newar language canonical 5
Nepal Bhasa 4
Newar 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sino-Tibetan language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
language ⓘ
language of Nepal ⓘ
alternativeName Newar language ⓘ
surface form: Nepal Bhasa

Newar ⓘ
Newar ⓘ
surface form: Newari
associatedWithCity Bhaktapur ⓘ
Kathmandu ⓘ
Patan ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Newar ⓘ
surface form: Newar culture
associatedWithEthnicGroup Newar ⓘ
surface form: Newar people
associatedWithReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
glottocode newa1246 ⓘ
hasDialects several regional dialects ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code new ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code new ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code new ⓘ
hasNativeSpeakersIn Bhaktapur District ⓘ
Dolakha District ⓘ
Kathmandu Valley ⓘ
Lalitpur District ⓘ
other urban centers of Nepal ⓘ
hasRichTraditionIn drama ⓘ
epigraphy ⓘ
literature ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script ⓘ
Prachalit script ⓘ
Ranjana script ⓘ
historicalScript Prachalit script ⓘ
Ranjana script ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
surface form: Sino-Tibetan language family
languageStatus vulnerable ⓘ
modernScript Devanagari script ⓘ
primaryRegion Bagmati Province ⓘ
Bhaktapur ⓘ
Kathmandu ⓘ
Lalitpur District ⓘ
surface form: Lalitpur
recognizedBy Government of Nepal ⓘ
spokenIn Kathmandu Valley ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
subfamily Tibeto-Burman ⓘ
usedAs community language of Newar people ⓘ
usedFor administration (historically) ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
literature ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sino-Tibetan languages → includesLanguage → Newar language ⓘ
Kathmandu → ethnicGroup → Newar language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Newar
Nepali American → languageSpoken → Newar language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Newar
Newa script → usedFor → Newar language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nepal Bhasa language
Newa script → primaryLanguage → Newar language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nepal Bhasa
Kathmandu Valley → language → Newar language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nepal Bhasa (Newar)
Newar language → alternativeName → Newar language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nepal Bhasa
Patan → language → Newar language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nepal Bhasa (Newar language)
Bhaktapur → language → Newar language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nepal Bhasa
Newar → language → Newar language ⓘ
Newar → language → Newar language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nepal Bhasa
Tansen → languageSpoken → Newar language ⓘ
Nepali people → otherLanguage → Newar language ⓘ
Tanahun District → hasLanguage → Newar language ⓘ