India

Nepali



Nepali, one of the Indo-Aryan Languages, is spoken in northern parts of India, Nepal and Bhutan. It is the official language of Nepal and in India, native speakers of this language are settled in Sikkim, Bihar, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal. It is the official language of Sikkim. Originating from Sanskrit, the language is very close to Hindi and Bengali. The language is also close to Tibeto-Burman languages. Though originally written in Bhujimol script, today, Nepali is mostly written in Devanagari.


Updated on 17th August, 2005

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