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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]
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.
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]
Further, at least two versions of the shloka are prevalent. In one version (found in an edition published by Hindi Prachara Press, Madras in 1930 by T. R. Krishna Chary, Editor and T. R. Vemkoba Chary the publisher at 6:124:17 [4]) it is spoken by Bharadvaja addressing Rama:
Pinjada Ko Suga is described as an "allegory with a dual meaning". [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The poem also contains Hindu religious verses, [ 5 ] and double entendres to Brum Shumsher – the poet's employer. [ 3 ] [ 6 ] It is one of the most famous poems in Nepal.
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.
The Nepali diaspora in the Middle East, Brunei, Australia and worldwide also use the language. [5] Nepali is spoken by approximately 19 million native speakers and another 14 million as a second language. Nepali is commonly classified within the Eastern Pahari group of the Northern zone of Indo-Aryan.