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The Newar or Newah are the indigenous group of Nepal's Kathmandu valley. Newars are a linguistic community with multiple ethnicity, race (Mongolian, Aryan, Austro-Dravidian) and faith, bound together by a common language1. The term Newar applies roughly to the people who inhabited Kathmandu valley and its peripheries before the unification of Nepal and speaking Nepal Bhasa or the languages progenitor of Nepal Bhasa. According to Nepal’s 2001 census, the 1,245,232 Newar in the country are the nation's sixth largest ethnic group, representing 5.48% of the population. The main Newar language, Nepal Bhasa, is of Tibeto-Burman origin and 825,458 Nepalis speak Newari languages as their mother language.
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 Nepal Bhasa (नेपाल भाषा, also known as Newah Bhaye and Newari) is one of the major languages of Nepal. It is one of the roughly five hundred Sino-Tibetan languages in the world, and belongs to the Tibeto-Burman branch of this family. It is the only Tibeto-Burman language to be written in the Devanāgarī script. It is spoken mainly by the Newars (and may be referred to as Newari), who chiefly inhabit the towns of the Kathmandu Valley. Although Nepal Bhasa is classified as a Sino-Tibetan language, it shows resemblances with Indo-Iranian languages as well.
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- ...that Kantipur was formed in the shape of a Khadga (two edged sword)?
- ...that Kathmandu was named after Kasthamandap?
- ...that Kasthamandap is believed to have been constructed from wood of a single tree?
- ...that Kumari is considered living Goddess?
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| Idol of Garuda, the bahan of Lord Vishnu in Maru Tole near Kathmandu Durbar Square. Maru Tole is a old locality near Kathmandu Durbar Square and hosts some of the best Newar and Nepalese architectures and statues. |
Photo credit: Eukesh
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