Doteli

Doteli
Doteli
Dotyali
डोटेली
Native to	Nepal
Region	Doti (Sudurpashchim Province) and Karnali Province
Native speakers	500,000 in Nepal (2021 census)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northern Eastern Pahari Doteli; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Devanagari script (Nepali alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dty
Glottolog	doty1234

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A woman from the Achham district of Nepal discusses cooking mutton and fish in the Achhami dialect.

Doteli, or Dotyali (डोटेली) is a dialect of Nepali language, spoken by about 495,000 people, most of whom live in Nepal. It is a dialect of Khas, which is an ancient form of the modern Nepali language, and is written in the Devanagari script. It has official status in Nepal as per Part 1, Section 6 of the Constitution of Nepal 2072 (2015).^[2] There are four main dialects of Doteli, namely Baitadeli, Bajhangi Nepali, Darchuli and Doteli.^[3] The mutual intelligibility between these dialects is high and all dialects of Doteli are able to share language-based materials.

^ Doteli at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
^ "Constitution Bill of Nepal 2072" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-27. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
^ Cite error: The named reference sil was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[e27-1] Doteli at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)

[NepalConstitution-2] "Constitution Bill of Nepal 2072" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-27. Retrieved 2017-04-29.

[sil-3] Cite error: The named reference sil was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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