Welcome to Nepal Bhasa Bites! We’ll begin with pronunciation. The Nepal Bhasa alphabet consists of 14 vowels, similar to Nepali, plus 3 additional vowels unique to Nepal Bhasa. Contemporary Newar is typically written in the Devanagari script, which is what I’ll be using in Nepal Bhasa Bites.
| Vowels | as in | Devnagari Script |
| a | err | अ |
| aa | are | आ |
| i | it | इ |
| ii | eat | ई |
| u | full | उ |
| uu | fool | ऊ |
| e | ten | ए |
| ai | height | ऐ |
| o | owe | ओ |
| au | ouch | औ |
| ah | awe | अः |
Rarely used vowels
| Vowels | Devnagari Script |
| ri | ऋ |
| rii | ॠ |
| ann | अं |
Nepal Bhasa specific vowels
| Vowels | Devnagari Script |
| ay | अय् |
| aay | आय् |
| ey | एय् |
If you spot any mistakes, please don’t hesitate to correct me. I greatly value your feedback and suggestions.
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M from Nepaliaustralian
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This is one of the best blog for Nepali Lerner and This i share with many of my friend from Australia and German who like to learn Nepali and want to Trekking and Adventure here in Nepal.
Great so far! So the script is the same as for Hindi then? Fascinating – should make it easier for me to learn too!