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The Newaric languages are a proposed group of Sino-Tibetan languages. George van Driem (2003) and Mark Turin (2004) argue that Newar and Baram–Thangmi (consisting of the two closely related languages Baram and Thangmi) share many features with each other, and thus group with each other.
Newar language - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) Name. Geographic distribution. Official status. Education. Relationship with other Tibeto-Burman languages. History and development. Literature. Dialects. Phonology. Writing systems. Grammar. Indo-Aryan loanwords. The Newar language and the Newar community. See also. Notes. References.
- 860,000 (2011 census)
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The Newaric languages are a proposed group of Sino-Tibetan languages. George van Driem (2003) and Mark Turin (2004) argue that Newar and Baram–Thangmi (consisting of the two closely related languages Baram and Thangmi) share many features with each other, and thus group with each other.
Newars are bound together by a common language and culture. Their common language is Nepal Bhasa or the linguistic progenitor of that language. Nepal Bhasa is the term recognised by the government.
- 166,000 (2006)
- 1,341,363 (4.6% of Nepal's population) (2021)
Newaric (Parakiranti) Baram. Thangmi. Matisoff's Mahakiranti includes the Newar and the Magaric languages along with Kiranti. He groups Mahakiranti with the Tibeto-Kanauri languages (in which he includes Lepcha) as Himalayish . Bradley (1997) adds Magar and Chepang to van Driem's Mahakiranti and calls the result Himalayan.
Classical Newar (Modern: पुलां भाय्, Classical: पुलाङ्गु नेपाल भाय्), also known as Old Newar or Classical Nepal Bhasa, [1] is the pre-12th century vernacular and literary form of Nepal Bhasa in Licchavi dynasty and Thakuri dynasty. [2] . It is an important source language for historians and linguists.