Newa
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Lands
Swanigah, the Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur), and towns across Nepal
Countries Nepal
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Language
In 2021 Nepal's Language Commission recommended Nepal Bhasa, alongside Tamang, as an official language of Bagmati Province.
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Land
The Newa homeland is the Kathmandu Valley, called Swanigah in Nepal Bhasa; in 2021 more than half of Nepal's 1,341,363 Newa lived in its three districts.
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Language
Nepal Bhasa, the Newa language, has its own scripts, Ranjana and Prachalit, along with its own grammar, dictionaries and literature.
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