Nepali or Nepalese (नेपाली) is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.
It is the official language and de facto lingua franca of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar (Burma). In India, it is one of the country's 23 official languages: Nepali has official language status in the formerly independent state of Sikkim and in West Bengal's Darjeeling district. The influence of the Nepali language can also be seen in Bhutan and some parts of Burma. Nepali developed in proximity to a number of Tibeto-Burman languages, most notably Kiranti and Gurung, and shows Tibeto-Burman influences.
Nepali first started to be used in writing during the 12th century AD. It is written with the Devanāgarī alphabet, which developed from the Brahmi script in the 11th century AD.
Transliteration
Sabai vyaktiharū janmajāt svatantra hun tī sabaikō samān adhikār ra mahatva cha. Nijaharūmā vicāraśakti ra sadvicār bhaēkōlē nijaharūlē āpastmā bhrātr̥tvakō bhāvanābāṭ vyavahār garanu parcha.
A recording of this text by Sarthak Sharma
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Thanks to Arvind Iyengar for providing the above sample text.
Useful phrases in Nepali
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepali_language
Online Nepali lessons
http://www.nepali.info/nepali/lessons/
http://www.ms.dk/nepali
https://www.glovico.org/en/nepali
Nepali phrases
http://the-voyagers.tripod.com/language.htm
http://www.enjoynepal.com/nepali.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepali_language#Phrases
http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/projectteam/turin/downloads/nepali_primer.pdf
Free Nepali fonts
http://www.nepalhomepage.com/reference/fonts/
http://www.nepali.info/nepali/fonts/
http://www.thdl.org/tools/nepali.html
Nepali transliterator - type in Romanized Nepali and convert it to Devanagari
http://unicode.cafedeweb.com/
Devanagari script tutor
http://www.avashy.com/hindiscripttutor.htm
Online news in Nepali
http://www.aajabholi.com
http://www.arghakhanchi.com
http://www.freenepal.com
http://www.nayapatrika.com/newsportal/
http://abc.com.np
http://dainikee.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nepali/
http://www.usnepalonline.com
Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya (MPP) - the principal archive of books and periodicals in Nepali: http://www.mpp.org.np
It is the official language and de facto lingua franca of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar (Burma). In India, it is one of the country's 23 official languages: Nepali has official language status in the formerly independent state of Sikkim and in West Bengal's Darjeeling district. The influence of the Nepali language can also be seen in Bhutan and some parts of Burma. Nepali developed in proximity to a number of Tibeto-Burman languages, most notably Kiranti and Gurung, and shows Tibeto-Burman influences.
Nēpālī (नेपाली)
Nepali is an Indo-Aryan language with around 17 million speakers in Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and India. Nepali was originally known as Khas Kurā and was the language of the Khasa kingdom, which ruled over the foothills of what is now Nepal during the 13th and 14th centuries.Nepali first started to be used in writing during the 12th century AD. It is written with the Devanāgarī alphabet, which developed from the Brahmi script in the 11th century AD.
Devanāgarī alphabet for Nepali
Vowels and vowel diacritics
Consonants
Numerals
Sample text in Nepali
Transliteration
Sabai vyaktiharū janmajāt svatantra hun tī sabaikō samān adhikār ra mahatva cha. Nijaharūmā vicāraśakti ra sadvicār bhaēkōlē nijaharūlē āpastmā bhrātr̥tvakō bhāvanābāṭ vyavahār garanu parcha.
A recording of this text by Sarthak Sharma
Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Thanks to Arvind Iyengar for providing the above sample text.
Useful phrases in Nepali
Links
Information about the Nepali languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepali_language
Online Nepali lessons
http://www.nepali.info/nepali/lessons/
http://www.ms.dk/nepali
https://www.glovico.org/en/nepali
Nepali phrases
http://the-voyagers.tripod.com/language.htm
http://www.enjoynepal.com/nepali.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepali_language#Phrases
http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/projectteam/turin/downloads/nepali_primer.pdf
Free Nepali fonts
http://www.nepalhomepage.com/reference/fonts/
http://www.nepali.info/nepali/fonts/
http://www.thdl.org/tools/nepali.html
Nepali transliterator - type in Romanized Nepali and convert it to Devanagari
http://unicode.cafedeweb.com/
Devanagari script tutor
http://www.avashy.com/hindiscripttutor.htm
Online news in Nepali
http://www.aajabholi.com
http://www.arghakhanchi.com
http://www.freenepal.com
http://www.nayapatrika.com/newsportal/
http://abc.com.np
http://dainikee.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nepali/
http://www.usnepalonline.com
Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya (MPP) - the principal archive of books and periodicals in Nepali: http://www.mpp.org.np
Indo-Aryan languages
Awadhi, Assamese, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Chakma, Dhivehi, Gujarati, Hindi, Kashmiri, Konkani, Kotia, Kutchi, Maithili, Marathi, Marwari, Modi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Romany, Saraiki, Sindhi, Sinhala, Sourashtra, Sugali, Sylheti, UrduLanguages written with the Devanāgarī alphabet
Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Hindi, Kashmiri, Konkani, Kurukh, Maithili, Marathi, Marwari, Mundari, Nepal Bhasa / Newari, Nepali, Pali, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, Saraiki, Sindhi, Sylheti
