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Nepali

ne · नेपाली

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Nepali (ne) is written in the Devanagari script and has an estimated 21.7M speakers. It is an official language in Nepal. CLDR has 3 locales for it.

Native nameनेपाली
ScriptDevanagariDeva
Speakers21.7Mestimated
Countries3
Locales3
Plural forms2one, other

Overview

Code
ne
Native name
नेपाली
Script
Devanagari Deva
Likely region
🇳🇵 Nepal
Direction
Left to right
Plural categories
  • one
  • other
Ordinal categories
  • one
  • other

Where it is spoken

CountryStatusShare of population
🇳🇵 NepalOfficial44%
🇧🇹 Bhutan17%
🇮🇳 IndiaOfficial (regional)0.56%

Plural categories

CategoryExamples
one1
other0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, …