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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Dzongkha language, Kiranti, Nepali language, Nepal Bhasa, Kirata Kingdom, Rai people, George van Driem, Sakela, Wambule language, Limbu language, Kirant Mundhum, Kulung language, Camling language, Kirant Bantawa Ruchhenbung Rai, Gongduk language, Belhare language, Khams Tibetan language, Gurung language, Chasok Tangnam, Tamang language, 'Olekha, Kheng language, Bantawa language, Dzala language, Tshangla language, Bahing language, Kurtop language, Bumthang language, Dakpa language, Dzongkha keyboard layout, Lepcha language, Brokpa language, Nyenkha, Sikkimese language, Khaling language, Chocangacakha, Puma language, Chali language, Brokkat language, Lakha, Dzongkha Development Commission, Athpare language, Dumi language, Groma language, Chintang language, Thulung language, East Bodish languages, Sunwar language, Toto language, Lhokpu language, Yamphu language. Excerpt: Nepal Bhasa (, also known as Newah Bhaye and Newari) is one of the major languages of Nepal, and is also spoken in India, particularly in Sikkim where it is one of the 11 official languages. Nepal Bhasa is the mother tongue of about 3% of the people in Nepal (see the list of languages of Nepal). It is one of roughly five hundred Sino-Tibetan languages, and belongs to the Tibeto-Burman branch of this family. It is spoken mainly by the Newars, who chiefly inhabit the towns of the Kathmandu Valley. Although Nepal Bhasa is classified as a Sino-Tibetan language, it has been greatly influenced by the Indo-Aryan languages. The language is spoken by roughly around a million people in Nepal according to 2001 census; a few thousand people outside Nepal also speak the language. In terms of speakers, it ranks similar to Jumli, another language spoken mainly in western Nepal. With an increase in emigration, various bodies and societies of Nepal Bhasa-speaking peopl...
