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Nepali

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Nepali VS
World Languages
Language Family and Writing System
Writing System Devangari 
Script(s) Used (n P L ) 
Family Indo-european  46.3% World Languages have Indo-European
Subgroup Indo-aryan 
3 Letter Code Nep 
Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)
16.1 
68.89
Native Speakers as % of World
0.3 
1.52
Total Number of Speakers (millions)
32 
113.83
Total Speakers as % of World
0.4 
1.52
Language Systems
Noun declensions None  62.7% World Languages have None
Sequence SOV   33.3% World Languages have SOV
Tonal No  80.6% World Languages don't have Tonal
Agglutinative language No  85.1% World Languages don't have Agglutinative language
Geographic Distribution
Official language in Nepal
India 
Official Language of United Nations No  89.6% World Languages don't have Official Language of United Nations
Countries Spoken In Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar 
No. of Countries Spoken In
10.33

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