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| Classical Nepal Bhasa |
| पुलाङु नेपाल भाय् |
| Spoken in |
Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Tibet, India |
| Region |
South Asia |
| Language extinction |
No native speakers, used as a literary and liturgical language only |
| Language family |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Writing system |
Nepal Scripts: Ranjana script, Prachalit script, Brahmi script, Kutila script, Bhujimol script, Golmol script, Litumol script, Other:Devnagari Script, Brahmi script |
| Language codes |
| ISO 639-1 |
None |
| ISO 639-2 |
nwc |
| ISO 639-3 |
nwc |
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Classical Nepal Bhasa (Nepal Bhasa:पुलां भाय्, Classical Nepal Bhasa:पुलाङु नेपाल भाय्), or Old Nepal Bhasa is the pre-1850 literary form of Nepal Bhasa. This language has evolved to form Nepal Bhasa. It is an important source language for historians and philologists.
[edit] History
This language was the official language of Nepal from Licchavi era to Malla era of Nepal.
Classical Nepal Bhasa was introduced in ISO 639-2 code list in 2004.
