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All languages spoken as the mother tongues in Nepal are the languages of the nation. Many of the languages also have various dialects.
The 2011 National census lists 123 languages spoken as a mother tongue (first language) in Nepal.
The official working language at federal level is Nepali, but the constitution provisions each province to choose one or more additional official working languages. A total of 14 official languages have been designated. [1]

According to the 2011 national census, the number of native speakers per spoken language is as follows: [2]

Word List(s)

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Alphabet

Pronunciation

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Dictionaries

  • Prakash A Raj, Nepali practical dictionary : Nepali-English, English-Nepali, New York : Hippocrene Books, Inc., 2014 - Available at WorldCat
  • Iswaranand Sresthacharya, A concise dictionary, Newar-English, Kathmandu, Nepal : Pilgrims Book House, 1995 - Available at WorldCat
  • Ulrike Kölver & Ishwaranand Shresthacarya, A dictionary of contemporary Newari Newari - English, Bonn VGH-Wiss.-Verl. 1994 - Available at WorldCat
  • Kamal Tuladhar, English-Nepal Bhasa dictionary, Kathmandu : J.R. Tuladhar, 2003 - Available at WorldCat
  • Shānulḥaq Ḥaqqī, Oxford English- Urdu dictionary, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003 - Available at WorldCat
  • Gambhīradhoja Tumbāhāṅphe & Harkajaṅa Kurumbāṅa, Limbu-English-Nepali dictionary, Limbuvāna : Limbuvāna Adhyayana Kendra, 2015 - Available at WorldCat
  • Warren William Glover, Deu Bahadur Gurung & Jessie R Glover, Gurung-Nepali-English dictionary, Canberra Dep. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian Nat. Univ. 1977 - Available at WorldCat

Online Dictionaries

Language Aids

  • Nepali grammar - Wikipedia
  • Maithili grammar - Wikipedia
  • Christopher Jay Manders, A foundation in Nepali grammar, Bloomington : AuthorHouse, 2007 - Available at WorldCat
  • Ramawatar Yadav, A reference grammar of Maithili, Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1996 - Available at WorldCat
  • Shaligram Shukla, Bhojpuri grammar, Washington : Georgetown univ. Press, 1981 - Available at WorldCat
  • Gopāla Dahita, Tharu grammar, Bardiyā : Yunika Nepāla, Kendriya Pariyojanā Kāryālaya, 2013 - Available at WorldCat
  • David James Young, Urdu grammar, California : Createspace, USA 2014 - Available at WorldCat
  • Govindabahādura Tumbāhāṅa & Nepāla ra Eśiyālī Anusandhāna Kendra, A grammar of Limbu, Kathmandu : Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies, Tribhuvan University, 2011 - Available at WorldCat
  • Kristine A Hilderbrant, Grammar of Gurung, De Gruyter Mouton, 2019 - Available at WorldCat

Additional Resources

References

  1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Languages with official status in Nepal," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_Nepal, accessed 11 Apr 2022.
  2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Languages_of_Nepal," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Nepal#:~:text=Languages%20in%20Nepal%20by%20numbers%20of%20speakers, accessed 11 Apr 2022.
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