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Nepali is the third-most spoken language in the Australian state of Tasmania, where it is spoken by 1.3% of its population, [51] and fifth-most spoken language in the Northern Territory, Australia, spoken by 1.3% of its population. [52] Nepali is the most spoken language other than English in Rockdale and Kogarah.
Nepal's languages are mostly either Indo-European or Sino-Tibetan, while only a very few of them are Austro-Asiatic and Dravidian.. Out of 123 languages of Nepal, the 48 Indo-European languages, which are of the Indo-Aryan (Indic) sub-family (excluding English), constitute the largest group in terms of the numeric strength of their speakers, nearly 82.1% [8] of population.
Bhupendra Man Sherchan, popularly known as Bhupi Sherchan (1937–1989) was a Nepali poet and academician. [1] He is one of the most beloved and widely read Nepali poets. [2] He was awarded the Sajha Puraskar for his 1969 poetry collection Ghumne Mech Mathi Andho Manche, which remains his most popular work. [3]
Nepali has 11 phonologically distinctive vowels, including 6 oral vowels and 5 nasal vowels).In addition, due to a process of h-dropping, there are words with intervocalic h that speakers pronounce with a long, breathy-voiced vowel in its place (e.g. पहाड 'mountain' /pʌɦaɖ/ → [pa̤ːɽ]).
Doteli, or Dotyali (Doteli-Devanagari: डोटेली) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 495,000 people, most of whom live in Nepal. It is a dialect of Khas , which is an ancient form of the modern Nepali language , and is written in the Devanagari script.
[25] [26] Ranjana is the most ornate among the scripts. It is most commonly used to write Buddhist texts and inscribe mantras on prayer wheels, shrines, temples, and monasteries. The popular Buddhist mantra Om mani padme hum (meaning ("Hail to the jewel in the lotus" in Sanskrit) is often written in Ranjana.
'Greatest poet') in Nepali literature, he was known as a poet with a golden heart, [3] and is considered one of the most famous literary figures in Nepal. [4] Some of his popular works include Muna Madan, Sulochana, Kunjini, Bhikhari, and Shakuntala. [5]