Articles

• Linguistic Diversity Across South Asia, by Rajendra Prasad Baral (rn 20/03/2026)

• Keeping Nepalbhasa and Ranjana script alive : Through education, media, and digital initiatives, Nitu Dangol is working to revive Nepalbhasa and traditional scripts among younger learners, by Sanskriti Pokharel (kp 14/03/2026)

• Multilingualism represents a shared awareness (kh (kh 21/02/2026)

• Official implementation of mother languages still challenging (kh 14/01/2026)

• From Promise to Practice: Language Rights in Nepal, by Lava Deo Awasthi, Mark Turin and Yogendra Prasad Yadava  (The Commons 22/12/2025)

• English Subculture In Our Schools, by Ganesh P Paudel (rn 10/11/2025)

• Nepal's education paradox: English for learning, Nepali for practice, by Saurabh Sharma (ht 07/11/2025)

• When the slogan was raised in Biratnagar– ‘We will claim recognition for Hindi language’, by Nabin Aryal (nn 25/10/2025) (nn 25/10/2025)

• The role of Baitadeli dialect in Far Western identity : Rooted in the Khasa Kingdom’s legacy, Baitadeli endures through oral traditions, festivals, and folklore, remaining central to Baitadi’s identity, by Aarya Chand (kp 27/09/2025)

• Ecology, literature and English : In Nepal, engaging in creative works in English has led to organising seminars on literature and ecology, by Abhi Subedi (kp 03/08/2025)

• Saving the Kusunda language from extinction : The only person fluent in Nepal’s unique Kusunda language is saving it by teaching others, by Shristi Karki (nt 27/06/2025)

• The fight to save Awadhi : In Nepal’s southern plains, community leaders and creatives are working to keep the Awadhi language and its cultural traditions from disappearing, by Reeva Khanal (kp 21/06/2025)

• Broadcasting in mother tongue helps realize federalism, says Minister Gurung (kh 12/05/2025)

• Use of Nepali language rises sharply over two decades, by Ruby Rauniyar (rep 11/05/2025)

Graphics

Languages according to census

Main mother tongue areas

Links

Daily updated link collection (Nepal Research)

Languages website of Nepal Research

Maps

Distribution of major languages by mother tongue and local units (2006)

Videos

Vocabulary (pronunciation)

Texts

Status of the mother tongues in the 2921 census of Nepal, by Dan Raj Regmi. Journal of Nepalese Studies 16:1,17-39, November 2024

Text books

Basic language training, part 1

Basic language training, part 2

Nepali primer

Grammar

Nepali grammar

Dictionaries

Nepali-English

Nepali-German

Sherpa-English

Sherpa-German

Schmidt's dictionary of modern Nepali