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Nepali language
Nepali
is an
Indo-Aryan language
. It is the official language and
de facto
lingua franca
of
Nepal
and is also spoken by some
Bhutanese
and
Burmese
people. In
India
, Nepali is listed in the
Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India
. It has official status in the Indian state of
Sikkim
and in
West Bengal
's
Darjeeling district
. Nepali developed in proximity to a number of Indo-Aryan languages, most notably the
Pahari languages
and
Magahi
, and shows
Sanskrit
influences. However, owing to Nepal's geographical area, it has also been influenced by
Tibeto-Burman languages
. Nepali is mainly differentiated from Central Pahari, both in grammar and vocabulary, by Tibeto-Burman idioms owing to close contact with the respective language group. Nepali language shares 40% lexical similarity with the
Bengali language
. British
Resident
at Kathmandu
Brian Houghton Hodgson
has observed that it is, in eight-tenths of its
vocables
, substantially
Hindi
.
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