Nepali

E23998
Indo-Aryan language language modern Indo-Aryan language

Nepali is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in Nepal and parts of India, serving as Nepal’s official language and a major lingua franca of the Himalayan region.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Nepali canonical 92
Nepali language 9
Nepalese 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
modern Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
alternativeName Gurkha units ⓘ
surface form: Gorkhali

Khas Kura ⓘ
Nepali ⓘ
surface form: Nepalese
closelyRelatedTo Hindi ⓘ
Maithili ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
surface form: Pahari languages
hasGrammaticalFeature SOV basic word order ⓘ
ergative alignment in perfective aspect ⓘ
honorific levels in pronouns and verbs ⓘ
postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor Bhanubhakta Acharya ⓘ
Laxmi Prasad Devkota ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive aspiration in stops ⓘ
three-way vowel length distinction in some dialects ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script ⓘ
surface form: Devanagari alphabet
ISO639-1Code ne ⓘ
ISO639-2Code nep ⓘ
ISO639-3Code npi ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
linguaFrancaOf Himalayan region ⓘ
officialLanguageOf Nepal ⓘ
officialStatus federal official language of Nepal ⓘ
one of the 22 scheduled languages of India ⓘ
primaryRegion Assam ⓘ
surface form: Assam, India

Bhutan ⓘ
Brunei Darussalam ⓘ
surface form: Brunei

Darjeeling region of West Bengal, India ⓘ
Indian state of Sikkim ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
worldwide Nepali diaspora communities ⓘ
recognizedLanguageIn Bhutan ⓘ
India ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
standardFormBasedIn Kathmandu Valley ⓘ
standardRegulatingBody Nepal Academy ⓘ
subfamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Pahari languages

Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
surface form: Pahari languages
usedAs language of government in Nepal ⓘ
language of national media in Nepal ⓘ
medium of instruction in Nepalese schools ⓘ
usedInLiterature modern Nepali literature ⓘ
usedInScripture Hindu religious texts in Nepal ⓘ
writingSystem Devanagari script ⓘ
writingSystemType abugida ⓘ

Referenced by (105)

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

Sanskrit → influenced → Nepali ⓘ
Gurkha units → languageUsed → Nepali ⓘ
Devanagari script → usedForLanguage → Nepali ⓘ
Friends World Committee for Consultation → hasOfficialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Nepali ⓘ
Nepal → officialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ
Nepal → nationalLanguage → Nepali ⓘ
Nepali → alternativeName → Nepali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nepalese
eastern India → hasOfficialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern India
Kathmandu → officialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ
Nepali American → languageSpoken → Nepali ⓘ
Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India → languageListed → Nepali ⓘ
Anish → hasLanguageOfUse → Nepali ⓘ
Province 5 → officialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ
.np → languageOfUse → Nepali ⓘ
Lumbini → languageRegion → Nepali ⓘ
Old Indo-Aryan → hasDescendant → Nepali ⓘ
Uttara → hasOfficialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ
Rangat Tehsil → hasOfficialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ
Indian state of Sikkim → officialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ
subject surface form: Sikkim
Darjeeling region of West Bengal, India → hasMajorEthnicGroups → Nepali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nepali (Gorkha)
Darjeeling region of West Bengal, India → hasMajorLanguages → Nepali ⓘ
Kathmandu Valley → language → Nepali ⓘ
Nepal Academy → languageOfWorkOrName → Nepali ⓘ
Languages of India → hasScheduledLanguage → Nepali ⓘ
Khas Kura → hasAlternativeName → Nepali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Nepali
Khas Kura → isHistoricalFormOf → Nepali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nepali language
South Asian American → languageUsed → Nepali ⓘ
Lepcha language → influencedBy → Nepali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nepali language (lexicon)
South Asian Australians → languageUsed → Nepali ⓘ
Indo-Aryan cultural sphere → includesModernLanguage → Nepali ⓘ
Sagarmatha – Nepali → languageOfName → Nepali ⓘ
subject surface form: Sagarmatha
Namche Bazaar → language → Nepali ⓘ
Dalit → languageOfTerm → Nepali ⓘ
Sun Kosi → languageOfName → Nepali ⓘ
Darjeeling → languageSpoken → Nepali ⓘ
Dooars → languageSpoken → Nepali ⓘ
Mirik → hasLanguage → Nepali ⓘ
Gangtok → officialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ
Kumaoni → closelyRelatedTo → Nepali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nepali language
Kalimpong → language → Nepali ⓘ
Yuksom → languageSpoken → Nepali ⓘ
Ghunsa → hasLanguage → Nepali ⓘ
Sikkim → hasOfficialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ
Sikkim → hasEthnicGroup → Nepali ⓘ
Patan → language → Nepali ⓘ
Province No. 1, Nepal → hasOfficialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ
Government of Nepal → languageOfAdministration → Nepali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nepali language
Thamel → languageUsed → Nepali ⓘ
Bhaktapur → language → Nepali ⓘ