Sino-Tibetan · ISO 639-3 new
Nepal Bhasa Language नेपाल भाषा
Nepal Bhasa is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by about 1.0 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Devanagari and Newa scripts.
Where Nepal Bhasa is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Nepal Bhasa
Language family
- Sino-Tibetan
- Himalayish
- Mahakiranti
- Newaric
- Newar
- Nepal Bhasa
Writing system
Devanagari and Newa scripts
About the Nepal Bhasa language
Nepal Bhasa (नेपाल भाषा) is spoken by about 1.0 million people, which makes it the 475th most spoken language in the world — just behind Southern Luri (1.0 million) and ahead of Ngbaka (1.0 million). It belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family and, more precisely, to the Newar group within the Mahakiranti branch.
Where is Nepal Bhasa spoken?
Nepal Bhasa is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Nepal (1.0 million).
Nepal Bhasa is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Nepal Bhasa is written in the Devanagari and Newa scripts. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 new.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.