21 Facts About Newar language

The Newar language has been listed as being "definitely endangered" by UNESCO.

Therefore, the Newar language spoken in Nepal Valley and Nepal Mandala became known as Nepal Bhasa.

Newar language is spoken by over a million people in Nepal according to the 2001 census.

Since Newar language separated from rest of the family very early in history, it is difficult or at least arbitrary to reconstruct the basic stratum that contributed to present day Newar language speech.

Newar language words appeared in Sanskrit inscriptions in the Kathmandu Valley for the first time in the fifth century.

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Inscriptions in Newar language emerged from the 12th century, the palm-leaf manuscript from Uku Bahah being the first example.

An example of the Newar language used during this period is provided by the following lines from Mooldevshashidev written by Jagat Prakash Malla.

Newar language began to be sidelined after the Gorkha conquest of Nepal and the ouster of the Malla dynasty by the Shah dynasty in the late 18th century.

However, Newar language continued to remain in official use for a time as shown by the 1775 treaty with Tibet which was written in it.

Newar language suffered heavily under the repressive policy of the Rana dynasty when the regime attempted to wipe it out.

In 1906, legal documents written in Newar were declared unenforceable, and any evidence in the language was declared null and void.

At various times, the government has forbidden literature in Newar language, banned the official use and removed it from the media and the educational system.

Writers and Newar language workers have been jailed or expelled from the country, and they have continued the movement abroad.

Efforts of Newar language authors coincided with the revival of Theravada Buddhism in Nepal, which the rulers disliked equally.

In 1946, the monks who had been exiled by the Ranas in 1944 for teaching Buddhism and writing in Newar language were allowed to return following international pressure.

Organizations with names in Newar are not registered, and municipality officials refuse to accept applications written in the language.

Newar language has several newspapers, a primary level curriculum, several schools, several FM stations, regular TV programs and news, Nepal Bhasa Music Award and several websites.

Prose fiction in Newar language is a relatively new field of literature compared to other fields.

Newar language is one of the few Tibeto-Burman languages with a clusivity distinction.

Noun cases in Newar language have six cases and are differentiated based on whether the term in question is animate or inanimate.

Newar faced a decline during the Shah era when this language was replaced by Khas Kura as the national language and after the introduction of the "One nation, one language" policy of King Mahendra.