Nepali
[nuh-paw-lee, -pah-, -pal-ee, ney-]
- Also Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- Nepalese(def 2).
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Contemporary Examples
Horst Ulrich, a 72-year-old German on a trek with a group of friends, watched four Nepali guides swept away by an avalanche.
Many of the other Nepali Sherpas working on the mountain witnessed the avalanche as it covered their friends and fellow workers.
Historical Examples
These Nepali traders (Newars) have their own Hindu temple in the village.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
Nepali
- the official language of Nepal, also spoken in Sikkim and parts of India. It forms the E group of Pahari and belongs to the Indic branch of Indo-European
- plural -pali or -palis a native or inhabitant of Nepal; a Nepalese
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- of or relating to Nepal, its inhabitants, or their language; Nepalese
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