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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 Number System, also known as the Devanagari Number System, is used to represent numbers in Nepali language. It is a positional number system, which means that the value of a digit depends on its position within the number. The Nepali number system uses a script called Devanagari, which is also used for writing the Nepali language. [1]
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.
In 1997, the Nepal Bible Society published a complete Bible called the Nepali New Revised Version (NNRV), which has become the Bible most popular in Nepali churches. [6] This version is available online. In 1998, the International Bible Society (now Biblica, Inc.) published a New Testament called the Nepali Contemporary Version.
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.
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.
In 1952, the government of Nepal officially pegged the Nepali rupee at रु1.28 = ₹1, although the market rate remained at रु1.60 = ₹1. [2] Between 1955 and 1957, there was a series of soft peg revaluations that started at रु1.755 = ₹1 and appreciated to रु1.305 = ₹1 by 1957.
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal of 1959 (2015 B.S.) recognized Nepali language as the sole official and national language. [3] The Interim Constitution of Nepal of 2007 (2063 B.S.) recognized Nepal as a multi-lingual country, providing the status of national languages to all mother tongues in Nepal. However, it also continued Nepali ...