Nepali
Activeनेपाली भाषा
The official language of Nepal and the anchor of our parallel corpora.
- Script
- Devanagari
- Speakers
- 13,084,457 (44.86%)
Programme 01
NepSwor: regional languages preservation
Documenting and preserving the linguistic diversity of Nepal's Terai and hills through community collaboration and computational linguistics.
Our approach
Parallel corpus
1k verified sentences per language, scaling to 4 lakh.
Voice data
High-quality studio and field recordings from native speakers.
Benchmark data
Held-out ASR and translation evaluation sets.
Future vision
Production-grade models for every language of Nepal.
Featured languages
Nine languages, six scripts, one shared pipeline
Maithili
Vulnerableमैथिली
An Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Terai with a distinct historical script.
- Script
- Tirhuta
- Speakers
- 3,222,389 (11.05%)
Bhojpuri
Vulnerableभोजपुरी
A vibrant cross-border language with a deep oral song tradition.
- Script
- Devanagari
- Speakers
- 1,820,795 (6.24%)
Tharu
Endangeredथारु
A cluster of Indigenous Terai varieties with little digital presence.
- Script
- Devanagari
- Speakers
- 1,714,091 (5.88%)
Tamang
Vulnerableतामाङ
A Tibeto-Burman language with several dialects across central Nepal.
- Script
- Devanagari
- Speakers
- 1,423,075 (4.88%)
Bajjika
Vulnerableबज्जिका
Spoken across the central Terai, rarely represented in NLP datasets.
- Script
- Devanagari
- Speakers
- 1,133,764 (3.89%)
Awadhi
Vulnerableअवधी
A western Terai language carrying a rich devotional literary corpus.
- Script
- Devanagari
- Speakers
- 864,276 (2.96%)
Nepal Bhasha (Newari)
Endangered𑐣𑐾𑐥𑐵𑑅
A Tibeto-Burman language of the Kathmandu Valley with its own script family.
- Script
- Newari
- Speakers
- 863,380 (2.96%)
Magar Dhut
Vulnerableमगर ढुट
A Tibeto-Burman language with rich cultural heritage across the mid-hills.
- Script
- Devanagari
- Speakers
- Documenting
Project impact
9+
Languages
Nepali languages supported
1000+
Audio hours
High-quality recordings
10+
Bilingual resources
Educational materials
2+
Partnerships
Active collaborations
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