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Although Nepali is the native language, English is the primary language used for business in Nepal. In Nepal, where modern English education began in the 1850s, there is little or no consensus among teachers and practitioners on whether to follow British , American or Indian variants of English, or allow the development of a Nepal-specific ...
The 'Nepal Script' or 'Nepalese script' [10] appeared in the 10th century. The earliest instance is a manuscript entitled Lankavatara Sutra dated Nepal Era 28 (908 AD). Another early specimen is a palm-leaf manuscript of a Buddhist text the Prajnaparamita, dated Nepal Era 40 (920 AD). [11]
Nepali (also Nepalese; Nepali: नेपाली) are the citizens of Nepal under Nepali nationality law.The term Nepali usually refers to the nationality, that is, to people with citizenship of Nepal, while the people without Nepalese citizenship but with roots in Nepal are strictly referred to as Nepali-language Speaking Foreigners (Nepali: नेपाली भाषी विदेशी ...
Nepali is the third-most spoken language in the Australian state of Tasmania, where it is spoken by 1.3% of its population, [48] and fifth-most spoken language in the Northern Territory, Australia, spoken by 1.3% of its population. [49] 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.
The Nepali Wikipedia (Nepali: नेपाली विकिपिडिया) is the Nepali language edition of Wikipedia, run by the Wikimedia Foundation. [1] As of December 2024 it has 31,275 articles and about 70,000 users, of which 6 are administrators. [2] As of 8 November 2022, the Nepali Wikipedia is the 110st largest Wikipedia. [2]
Nepali is the national language of Nepal. Besides being spoken as a mother tongue by more than 48% of the population of Nepal, it is also spoken in Bhutan and India. The language is recognized in the Nepali constitution as an official language of Nepal. The variety presented here is standard Nepali as spoken in Nepal.
Nepal is a secular country, as declared by the Constitution of Nepal 2012 (Part 1, Article 4), where secularism 'means religious, cultural freedom, along with the protection of religion, culture handed down from time immemorial (सनातन)'.