Newar

Sino-Tibetan language of central-eastern Nepal
Intangible natural_language Q33979
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Newar

Summary

Newar is a natural language[1]. Newar draws 765 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #131 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Newar is in the country of Nepal[3].
  • Newar is in the country of India[4].
  • Newar is in the country of Bhutan[5].
  • Newar's instance of is recorded as natural language[6].
  • Newar's instance of is recorded as modern language[7].
  • Newar is a type of Newari-Thangmi[8].
  • Newar's writing system is recorded as Devanagari[9].
  • Newar's writing system is recorded as Ranjana[10].
  • Newar's Commons category is recorded as Nepal Bhasa language[11].
  • Newar's Wikimedia language code is recorded as new[12].
  • Newar's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 27.6, 'lon': 85.3}[13].
  • Newar's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Newar language[14].
  • Newar's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+1000000'}[15].
  • Newar's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+893600'}[16].
  • Newar's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+32600'}[17].
  • Newar's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'new', 'text': 'नेवाः भाय्'}[18].
  • Newar's different from is recorded as Nepali[19].
  • Newar's UNESCO language status is recorded as 3 definitely endangered[20].
  • Newar's indigenous to is recorded as Newar people[21].
  • Newar's indigenous to is recorded as Bihar[22].
  • Newar's indigenous to is recorded as Sikkim[23].
  • Newar's indigenous to is recorded as West Bengal[24].
  • Newar's indigenous to is recorded as Bagmati Zone[25].
  • Newar's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 4 Educational[26].
  • Newar's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–object–verb[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[6] and modern language[7]. Newar is a type of Newari-Thangmi[8].

Why It Matters

Newar draws 765 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #131 of 734).[2] Newar has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Newar is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from Nepali
    Coordinate location {'lat': 27.6, 'lon': 85.3}
    Category for films in this language Category:Newar-language films
    Country
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