| Classical Nepal Bhasa | |
|---|---|
| Old Newar | |
| पुलाङु नेपाल भास | |
 A manuscript from the 16th century written in Classical Newar. | |
| Native to | Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, India |
| Era | 450 CE to 1200 CE Lichchavi dynasty to Thakuri dynasty |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Nepalese scripts: Ranjana script, Prachalit script, Bhujimol script Litumol script Other: Brahmi script, Kutila script, Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | nwc |
| ISO 639-3 | nwc |
| Glottolog | None |
Classical Newar (Modern Newar: pulāṃ bhāy, "old language") also known as Old Newar or Classical Nepal Bhasa, is an umbrella term used to refer to the vernacular and literary form of Nepal Bhasa used prior to the 19th century.[1] The term is most generally used to describe the form of Nepal Bhasa used in manuscripts and other sources from the Malla dynasty.[1][2][3]
The antiquity of the Newar language is not known. The Sanskrit Language stone inscriptions from the Licchavi Dynasty contains frequent use of Tibeto-Burman words, especially for proper nouns like names of person, settlements and rivers, suggesting the existence of a vernacular Tibeto-Burman language, which is beieved to be an early form of the Newar language.[4][5]
- ^ a b Malla, Kamal Prakash (2000). A Dictionary of Classical Newari. Kahtmandu, Nepal: Cwasa Pasa. pp. vii. ISBN 99933-316-0-0.
- ^ Acharya, Baburam (1952). Nepal, Newar and Newari language. Kathmandu, Nepal: Nepal-Sanskritik Parisad.
- ^ Alan Hopkinson (2008) UNIMARC Manual: Bibliographic Format. Walter de Gruyter.
- ^ Shrestha, Purushottam Lochan (2001). Tripura ra Yuthunimama Durbara [The Royal Houses of Tripura and Yuthunimama] (in Nepali). Bhaktapur Offset Prints. p. 4. ISBN 99933-622-0-4.
- ^ Levy, Robert Isaac; Rājopādhyāya, Kedar Rāj (1990). Mesocosm: Hinduism and the Organization of a Traditional Newar City in Nepal. University of California Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-520-06911-4.
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