Nepalese English

Nepalese English
Nepalese English
Nepali English
Native to	Nepali
Region	South Asia
Language family	Germanic West Germanic Ingvaeonic Anglo-Frisian Anglic English Asian English South Asian English Nepalese English; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Proto-Indo-European Proto-Germanic Proto-English Old English Middle English Early Modern English Modern English ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
IETF	en-NP

Nepalese English refers to a variety of the English language principally used in Nepal as well as neighboring Sikkim and Gorkhaland regions of India. It is heavily influenced by the Indo-Aryan languages of Nepal.

Many Nepalese speak English as a second or foreign language, with English use being most prevalent among city dwellers residing in Kathmandu (the capital of Nepal). Although Nepali is the native language, English is the primary language used for business in Nepal. In Nepal, where modern English education began in the 1850s, there is little or no consensus among teachers and practitioners on whether to follow British, American or Indian variants of English, or allow the development of a Nepal-specific variety of English.^[1]

Colloquially, code-mixed Nepali and English is known as Nenglish (a term first recorded in 1999), or, less commonly, as Nepanglish (2000) or Neplish (2002).^[2]

References

^ Eak Prasad Duwadi (December 2010). "Nenglish: An Inevitable Reality or Merely a Mirage". Journal of NELTA. 15 (1–2): 43–53.
^ Lambert, James (2017). "A Multitude of 'Lishes': The Nomenclature of Hybridity". English World-Wide. 38 (3). doi:10.1075/eww.38.3.04lam (inactive 12 July 2025). ISSN 0172-8865. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)

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[1] Eak Prasad Duwadi (December 2010). "Nenglish: An Inevitable Reality or Merely a Mirage". Journal of NELTA. 15 (1–2): 43–53.

[2] Lambert, James (2017). "A Multitude of 'Lishes': The Nomenclature of Hybridity". English World-Wide. 38 (3). doi:10.1075/eww.38.3.04lam (inactive 12 July 2025). ISSN 0172-8865. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)

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