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Nepali

vr.tr.nepali · thing-q33823

Let an agent describe the Nepali language, its status, script and varieties, respectfully and with sources.

Thing Registry Information and virtual systems INF.MED
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Language Which variety.

Variety

Name.

Variety

Name and code.

  1. Which variety? provenance
  2. Which code? provenance

Status

Official.

Status

Country and law.

  1. What official status? provenance
  2. Under which law? provenance
Speakers Population.

Numbers

Speakers.

Speakers

Count and year.

  1. How many speakers? measurement
  2. Per which census? provenance

Regions

Where spoken.

Region

Countries.

  1. Where spoken? provenance
  2. Per which source? provenance
Writing Script.

Script

Orthography.

Orthography

Rules.

  1. Which orthography rules? provenance
  2. Per which authority? provenance

Encoding

Unicode.

Encoding

Block.

  1. Which Unicode block? provenance
  2. Which version? provenance
History Development.

Origins

Khas.

Origin

Description.

  1. What are its origins? provenance
  2. Per which history? provenance

Literature

Works.

Literature

Work and author.

  1. Which notable works? provenance
  2. Per which source? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Information and virtual systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
INF
Domain
INF.MED
Other names and narrower kinds
Simtaal Nepali, Indian Nepali, Burmese Nepali, History of Nepali language, Doteli

What it is Filled

An Indo-Aryan language, the official language of Nepal and one of the scheduled languages of India, written in Devanagari; the mother tongue of 13,084,457 people (44.86%) in Nepal's 2021 census and widely used as a lingua franca, with communities in India, Bhutan and Myanmar.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent describe the Nepali language, its status, script and varieties, respectfully and with sources.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Formerly called Gorkhali or Khas kura.
  • Included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution in 1992.
  • Doteli is sometimes classified as a Nepali dialect and sometimes as a separate language.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • take sides in language status debates

May

  • describe the language with sources

Moral aspects Filled

  • linguistic diversity in Nepal

Who is affected

  • speakers of Nepali and minority languages

Owners Filled

Steward

nobody; communities own their language; the Nepal Academy promotes it

Master systems

  • Glottolog

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q12593394 - registry parent class
  • Q33577 - registry parent class
  • Q946077 - registry parent class

related

  • Indo-Aryan language - language family
  • Devanagari - script
  • Nepal - country
  • Hindi - related language

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.nepali
  • Wikidata: Q33823 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33823)
  • ISO 639-1: ne
  • ISO 639-3: npi (individual language); nep (macrolanguage); dty (Dotyali, separate)
  • Glottolog: nepa1254

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

A language has no physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Text in Devanagari script

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • describe status and speakers with sources
  • explain script and phonology
  • describe dialects and varieties
  • explain history

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Outdated speaker figures

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Constitution of Nepal (2015), article 7
  • Constitution of India, Eighth Schedule
  • Unicode Devanagari block

Context of use required Filled

  • Communication, administration and literature in Nepal and beyond.
  • standard Nepali
  • Indian Nepali (Sikkim, Darjeeling)
  • Bhutanese Nepali
  • Burmese Nepali
  • Doteli and other western varieties (classification debated)

Sources Filled

  1. Q33823 - identity of the registry item, labels and sitelinks
  2. Nepali language - general description of the subject
  3. National Population and Housing Census 2021: Caste/Ethnicity, Language and Religion - Nepali mother-tongue count and percentage; separate reporting of Doteli.
  4. The Constitution of Nepal - Article 7: Nepali in Devanagari as Nepal's official language.
  5. Languages in the Eighth Schedule - Scheduled-language status and inclusion in 1992.
  6. Glottolog: Nepali - Glottocode nepa1254, ISO 639-3 npi and historical names including Gorkhali and Khas Kura.
  7. ISO 639-3 Registration Authority 2011 - Registration documentation distinguishing Dotyali dty, Nepali macrolanguage nep and individual language npi.
  8. Nepali - Indo-Aryan classification and relationship to other South Asian languages.

Open questions

  • The registry merges Doteli, which Nepal's census reports separately; keep it distinct when counting speakers.

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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