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.

Aliases (1)

Nepalese ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-Aryan language → language → modern Indo-Aryan language →
alternativeName	Gorkhali → Khas Kura → Nepalese →
closelyRelatedTo	Hindi → Maithili → 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 alphabet →
ISO639-1Code	ne →
ISO639-2Code	nep →
ISO639-3Code	npi →
languageFamily	Indo-Aryan languages → 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, India → Bhutan → 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	Eastern Pahari languages → 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 (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kathmandu → Nepal → Province 5 →	officialLanguage
Eastern India → Friends World Committee for Consultation →	hasOfficialLanguage
Nepali ("Nepalese") →	alternativeName
Google Translate →	availableLanguage
Anish →	hasLanguageOfUse
Sanskrit →	influenced
Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India →	languageListed
.np →	languageOfUse
Lumbini →	languageRegion
Nepali American →	languageSpoken
Gurkha units →	languageUsed
Nepal →	nationalLanguage
Devanagari script →	usedForLanguage