LC control no. | sh 85090833 |
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LC classification | PK2595 PK2599 |
Topical heading | Nepali language |
Variant(s) | Gorkhali language Gurkhali language Khas language Khaskura language Lhotshammikha language Naipali language Nepalese language Parbate language Parbatiya language Purbutti language |
See also | Pahari languages |
Found in | Wikipedia, July 19, 2010 (Nepali language. Nepali or Nepalese is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. Historically, the language was first called Khaskura (language of the khas 'rice farmers'), then Gorkhali or Gurkhali (language of the Gurkha) before the term Nepali was taken from Newari. Other names include Parbatiya ("mountain language", identified with the Parbatiya people of Nepal) and Lhotshammikha (the "southern language" of the Lhotshampa people of Bhutan).) |