Nepal Bhasa is the native language of the Newar people. I cherished learning this language from my grandmother during my childhood. However, after she passed away, speaking Newari became painful, as it constantly reminded me of her absence.
However, after moving to Australia, my proficiency in Nepal Bhasa has waned over the years due to a lack of practice. AS, despite being a Newar, never learned the language and expressed a desire to do so. Motivated by this, I’ve decided to compile some Newari language resources here for anyone interested.
If you spot any mistakes, please don’t hesitate to correct me. I greatly value your feedback and suggestions to improve this page.
Chapter 1
| English | Nepali | Nepal Bhasa |
| Hello | Namastē (नमस्ते)/Namaskāra (नमस्कार | Jwa-ja-la paa(ज्वजलपा) |
| What | Kē (के) | Chuu (छु) |
| This | Yō (यो) | Thwa (थ्व) |
| That | Tyō (त्यो) | Wa (वो) |
| Yes | Hō (हो) | Khah (ख) |
| No | Hō’ina (होइन) | Ma-khu (मखु) |
| When | Kahilē (कहिले) | Ga-ba-le (गबले) |
| Where | Kahā (कहा) | Ga-na (गन) |
| Which | Kuna (कुन) | Gu-gu(गुगु) |
| Who | Ko (को) | Su (सु) |
| Why | Kina (किन) | Chayaa (छ्या) |
| Whose | Kasakō (कसको) | Su-yuu (सुयु) |
| Whom | Kasalāi (कसलाई) | Sui-ta (सुइ त) |
| How (in what way) | Kasarī (कसरी) | Gay-na (गेनां) |
| How (to what degree) | Kati (कति) | Gu-li (गु लि) |
| Best Wishes | Hārdika śubhakāmanā(हार्दिक भकामना) | Bhin-tu-naa (भिन्तुना) |
| Welcome | Swāgata cha (स्वागत छ) | La-sa-ku-sa (लशकुश) |
| Thank you | Dhanyavāda (धन्यवाद) | Su-bhaay (सुभाय्) |
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nepaliaustralian 
𑐀𑐟𑐶𑐎𑐣 𑐧𑐵𑐣𑐮𑐵𑐐𑐸 𑐖𑑂𑐫𑐵 𑐫𑐵𑐣𑐵 𑐡𑐶𑐮𑑋 𑐫𑐎𑑂𑐰 𑐳𑐸𑐨𑐵𑐫𑑂𑑋
(Atikana bAnalAgu jyA yAnA dila yokko subhAy!)
Great work. Thank you!
Nepal Lipi is now available for use in both system and office documents. Please visit http://www.nepal-lipi.com for more information.
𑐀𑐟𑐶𑐎𑐣 𑐧𑐵𑐣𑐮𑐵𑐐𑐸 𑐎𑐸𑐟𑑅| 𑐫𑐎𑑂𑐰 𑐳𑐸𑐨𑐵𑐫𑑂𑑋
(Atikana baanalaagu kutah. Yokko subhay)
Great effort. Thank you!
There are several mistakes in the writing. If correction encourages you to write better Nepalbhasa words, please feel free to contact me at http://www.nepal-lipi.com
Its nice to learn this language actually am also a newer from Bhutan but I really don’t know how to speak. But I could know some words to learn thank you for your posts.
This is a really good book to learn Nepal Bhasa. I bought the book from below link. they deliver worldwide:
http://www.cartmandap.com/teach-yourself-nepal-bhasa.html
Hey there, would you be able to type the words and phrases in either nepali or in newari letters? This is great, I really appreciate your compilations.
This language seems tonal to me, almost like I could never learn to speak it because I just don’t know the tones. I tried to teach myself using this website http://nepalbhasa.co.cc/dhuku/ but Shiva tells me that its often incorrect. He’s a fluent Newari speaker and still talks to his family in Newari. Its been a tough road getting him to teach me the tiny fraction of Nepali I know. Teaching Newari is like handing away the key to his self, its like he just can’t do it. I only know a few words.
Khen — egg
mac ku — tasty
yalla — i like
bhagyamaani– lucky
baanla — beautiful
ji — i
chii — you
(I am always told that i’m not saying these right, although my cha..”tsa” is getting better)
chu — what
chhay– why
“chia dune duna?” have you had tea?
madhooni — have not
apu — hot
sumka cvam — be quiet
baanlaka dyan nhi –sleep well
And thats about all the Newari i know, or can remember right now. I know, weird list, I think so too. I have twice said swear words in Newari..on accident. Not sure what because Shiva wouldn’t tell me, only that I should NEVER say those things in a Newar’s presence because they were really really vulgar.
I will totally follow Newari posts if you decide to keep em up. 😉
Thanks for posting.
OMG , you know so much Newari. Looks like you can correct me when I go wrong . I am planning to keep posting as much as I can. Let’s see 🙂
Ma nepali basa pardai chhu, mero nepali basa bolnu dherai naramro ho.
Nepali language is so difficult for me. My better half he speak nepali and different Rai languages, his personal language is Rai Bantawa language. And what to say, ist so different from Nepali.
We have a freind, he is a Shresta and he speak Newar.
Nepal have so different cultures and languages too…..OMG.
I think you are doing great with Nepali. Derai ramro cha. 🙂 I know Nepal has so many languages , it is impossible to learn them all.
really!great endeavour!keep it up !!make us learn!!!
Thanks…
Nice endeavour!
Thanks nelle.
Wow, so different from Nepali. I know that they aren’t necessarily mutually understandable, but I thought there would be a little more cross over. Interesting!
I think there are few cross over but not many words 🙂
Shiva tells me that Nepali is Sanskrit derived and Newari is Tibetan-Burman derived, Newari seems to have more in common with Chinese than Nepali…to me anyway.
Thank you………… (sorry I do not know your name). It is really a nice stuffs. After my intermediate level of education, I studied in KU and stayed in Kathmandu for almost 7 years, but it has always been a tough for me to understand and speak newari language. Thanks for sharing it, buddy.
I know Newari is different and they tend to speak fast as well :). Hope this will help you understand a bit 🙂
Subhaay!
Lasakusa 🙂