Nepali

E23998

Indo-Aryan language language modern Indo-Aryan language

Nepali is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in Nepal and parts of India, serving as Nepal’s official language and a major lingua franca of the Himalayan region.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Nepali canonical	276
Nepali language	47
Nepalese	2
Gorkhali (early Nepali)	1
Khas Nepali	1
Nepali (Gorkha)	1
Nepali language (lexicon)	1
Old Nepali	1
नेपाली भाषा	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T189368 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Nepali
Context triple: [Sanskrit, influenced, Nepali]

A. Maithili
Maithili is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the eastern Indian state of Bihar and neighboring regions, with a rich literary tradition and official recognition in India.
B. Hindi
Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language widely spoken across northern and central India and used in government, education, media, and popular culture.
C. Bengali
Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Bengal region of South Asia and serving as the official and most widely used language of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
D. Nepal
Nepal is a landlocked South Asian country in the Himalayas, known for Mount Everest, its rich cultural heritage, and its location between India and China.
E. Sindhi
Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in Pakistan and India, known for its rich literary tradition and distinct script variants.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Nepali
Target entity description: Nepali is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in Nepal and parts of India, serving as Nepal’s official language and a major lingua franca of the Himalayan region.

A. Maithili
Maithili is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the eastern Indian state of Bihar and neighboring regions, with a rich literary tradition and official recognition in India.
B. Hindi
Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language widely spoken across northern and central India and used in government, education, media, and popular culture.
C. Bengali
Bengali is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Bengal region of South Asia and serving as the official and most widely used language of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
D. Nepal
Nepal is a landlocked South Asian country in the Himalayas, known for Mount Everest, its rich cultural heritage, and its location between India and China.
E. Sindhi
Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in Pakistan and India, known for its rich literary tradition and distinct script variants.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-Aryan language ⓘ language ⓘ modern Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
alternativeName	Gorkhali ⓘ linked to: Gurkha units Khas Kura ⓘ Nepalese ⓘ linked to: Nepali
closelyRelatedTo	Hindi ⓘ Maithili ⓘ Pahari languages ⓘ linked to: Indo-Aryan languages
hasGrammaticalFeature	SOV basic word order ⓘ ergative alignment in perfective aspect ⓘ honorific levels in pronouns and verbs ⓘ postpositions instead of prepositions ⓘ
hasNotableAuthor	Bhanubhakta Acharya ⓘ Laxmi Prasad Devkota ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive aspiration in stops ⓘ three-way vowel length distinction in some dialects ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Devanagari alphabet ⓘ linked to: Devanagari script
ISO639-1Code	ne ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	nep ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	npi ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Indo-European languages ⓘ linked to: Indo-European language family Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
linguaFrancaOf	Himalayan region ⓘ
officialLanguageOf	Nepal ⓘ
officialStatus	federal official language of Nepal ⓘ one of the 22 scheduled languages of India ⓘ
primaryRegion	Assam, India ⓘ linked to: Assam Bhutan ⓘ Brunei ⓘ linked to: Brunei Darussalam Darjeeling region of West Bengal, India ⓘ Indian state of Sikkim ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Nepal ⓘ worldwide Nepali diaspora communities ⓘ
recognizedLanguageIn	Bhutan ⓘ India ⓘ
scriptDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
standardFormBasedIn	Kathmandu Valley ⓘ
standardRegulatingBody	Nepal Academy ⓘ
subfamily	Eastern Pahari languages ⓘ linked to: Indo-Aryan languages Pahari languages ⓘ linked to: Indo-Aryan languages
usedAs	language of government in Nepal ⓘ language of national media in Nepal ⓘ medium of instruction in Nepalese schools ⓘ
usedInLiterature	modern Nepali literature ⓘ
usedInScripture	Hindu religious texts in Nepal ⓘ
writingSystem	Devanagari script ⓘ
writingSystemType	abugida ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (331)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sanskrit → influenced → Nepali ⓘ

Gurkha units → languageUsed → Nepali ⓘ

Devanagari script → usedForLanguage → Nepali ⓘ

Friends World Committee for Consultation → hasOfficialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ

Google Translate → availableLanguage → Nepali ⓘ

Nepal → officialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ

Nepal → nationalLanguage → Nepali ⓘ

Nepali → alternativeName → Nepalese ⓘ

linked to: Nepali

Eastern India → hasOfficialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ

subject linked to: eastern India

Kathmandu → officialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ

Nepali American → languageSpoken → Nepali ⓘ

Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India → languageListed → Nepali ⓘ

Anish → hasLanguageOfUse → Nepali ⓘ

Province 5 → officialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ

.np → languageOfUse → Nepali ⓘ

Lumbini → languageRegion → Nepali ⓘ

Old Indo-Aryan → hasDescendant → Nepali ⓘ

Uttara → hasOfficialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ

Rangat Tehsil → hasOfficialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ

Sikkim → officialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ

subject linked to: Indian state of Sikkim

Darjeeling region of West Bengal, India → hasMajorEthnicGroups → Nepali (Gorkha) ⓘ

linked to: Nepali

Darjeeling region of West Bengal, India → hasMajorLanguages → Nepali ⓘ

Kathmandu Valley → language → Nepali ⓘ

Nepal Academy → languageOfWorkOrName → Nepali ⓘ

Languages of India → hasScheduledLanguage → Nepali ⓘ

Khas Kura → hasAlternativeName → Old Nepali ⓘ

linked to: Nepali

Khas Kura → isHistoricalFormOf → Nepali language ⓘ

linked to: Nepali

South Asian American → languageUsed → Nepali ⓘ

Lepcha language → influencedBy → Nepali language (lexicon) ⓘ

linked to: Nepali

South Asian Australians → languageUsed → Nepali ⓘ

Indo-Aryan cultural sphere → includesModernLanguage → Nepali ⓘ

Sagarmatha → languageOfName → Nepali ⓘ

subject linked to: Sagarmatha – Nepali

Namche Bazaar → language → Nepali ⓘ

Dalit → languageOfTerm → Nepali ⓘ

Sun Kosi → languageOfName → Nepali ⓘ

Darjeeling → languageSpoken → Nepali ⓘ

Dooars → languageSpoken → Nepali ⓘ

Mirik → hasLanguage → Nepali ⓘ

Gangtok → officialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ

Kumaoni → closelyRelatedTo → Nepali language ⓘ

linked to: Nepali

Kalimpong → language → Nepali ⓘ

Yuksom → languageSpoken → Nepali ⓘ

Ghunsa → hasLanguage → Nepali ⓘ

Sikkim → hasOfficialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ

Sikkim → hasEthnicGroup → Nepali ⓘ

Patan → language → Nepali ⓘ

Province No. 1, Nepal → hasOfficialLanguage → Nepali ⓘ

Government of Nepal → languageOfAdministration → Nepali language ⓘ

linked to: Nepali

Thamel → languageUsed → Nepali ⓘ

Bhaktapur → language → Nepali ⓘ

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