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# nepali

«nepali» in Mova's school dictionary: **The main language of Nepal, a country in the Himalaya…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (Nepali, Nepalis); adjective (Nepali)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The main language of Nepal, a country in the Himalaya mountains between India and China. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nepali/#m1)

2) A person from Nepal (also «Nepalese»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nepali/#m2)

3) (adjective) From or about Nepal: «Nepali food». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nepali/#m3)

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

### In the corpora

- ["Namaste" with palms pressed together is a respectful Indian and Nepali greeting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/125-greetings-and-introductions/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nepali» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nepali/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.