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# nepali

noun (Nepali, Nepalis); adjective (Nepali)

«nepali» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The main language of Nepal, a country in the Himalaya mountains between India and China. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nepali/#m1)
2. A person from Nepal (also «Nepalese»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nepali/#m2)
3. (adjective) From or about Nepal: «Nepali food». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nepali/#m3)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons Nepal is home to Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world; Sherpa guides help climbers. Nepali is written in the Devanagari script, like Hindi. «Namaste» is a greeting in Nepali too. Nepali food: momos (dumplings), dal bhat.

### Examples

- My friend's family speaks Nepali at home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nepali/#x1)
- Nepali is written in the same script as Hindi. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nepali/#x2)
- We ate Nepali momos at the festival. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nepali/#x3)
- Many Nepalis live near the mountains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nepali/#x4)
- The Nepali flag is not a rectangle; it has two triangles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nepali/#x5)
- Mount Everest is on the border of Nepal and China. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nepali/#x6)

### Note

Always a capital letter: Nepali. «Nepali» and «Nepalese» both mean «from Nepal»; for the language «Nepali» is more usual. Plural for people: «Nepalis». Nepal's flag is the only national flag that is not a rectangle.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nepali» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nepali/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nepali» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nepali.html) on Mova free.