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Among the different scripts based on Nepal script, Ranjana (meaning "delightful"), Bhujinmol ("fly-headed") and Prachalit ("ordinary") are the most common. [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.
Nepali distinguishes two numbers, with a common pluralizing suffix for nouns in -harū (e.g. mitra "friend" : mitraharū "friends"). Unlike the English plural it is not mandatory, and may be left unexpressed if plurality is already indicated in some other way: e.g. by explicit numbering, or agreement.
However, unlike in an abugida, there are no vowel diacritics in Devanagari Braille: Vowels are written with full letters following the consonant regardless of their order in print. For example, in print the vowel i is prefixed to a consonant in a reduced diacritic form, कि ki , but in braille it follows in its full form: ⠅ ⠊ ( K–I ...
The shape of the combining marks indicating the vowels आ ā, ए e, ऐ ai/ē,ओ o, and औ au/ō in Ranjana script take a different form when combined with the eight consonants ख kha, ग ga, n ञ nya, ठ ṭha ण ṇa, थ tha, ध dha or श sha(or where one of these is the first consonant in a combination) [8] (In addition the ...
Nepali literature (Nepali: नेपाली साहित्य) is the literature of Nepal. This is distinct from Nepali literature , which is the literature in only Nepali language (Khas kura).
Gupta. Sharada. Landa. Gurmukhi; Khojki; Khudabadi; Multani; Mahajani; Takri. Dogri; Kamarupi; Siddham. Nagari. Devanagari. Gujarati; Modi; Nandinagari; Kaithi ...
Nepali speakers honor Bhanubhakta as the "Adikavi (Nepali: आदिकवि)" (literally meaning 'first poet') of the Nepali language. Bhanubhakta's most important contribution to Nepali literature is his translation of the holy Ramayana into the Nepali language. He transcribed Ramayana in metric form, using the same form as Sanskrit scholars.
Nepali (English: / n ɪ ˈ p ɔː l i /; [3] Devanagari: नेपाली, ), or Gorkhali [4] [5] [6] is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Himalayas region of South Asia.It is the official, and most widely spoken, language of Nepal, where it also serves as a lingua franca.