Locale Ne Np

Reference data for the Nepali (Nepal) locale — endonym नेपाली (नेपाल), written in the Devanagari script, left-to-right (LTR).

Identifiers

• BCP 47 tag: ne-NP
• ISO 639-1: ne
• ISO 639-3: nep
• Script: Deva (Devanagari)
• Region: NP (Nepal)
• Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

Speakers (approximate)

• L1 (native): 19,000,000
• L2 (additional): 14,000,000
• L1+L2 (total): 33,000,000

Base locale

This is a regional variant of Locale Ne 001 (Nepali), the base/macro locale for this language.

Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).

• one — n = 1 (e.g. 1)
• other — everything else (e.g. 0, 2~16, 100, 1000, …)

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Apply Locale Ne 001 with the conventions of Nepal.

• Calendar: Bikram Sambat (BS) is the official calendar; the year is about 57 years ahead of the Gregorian year. Support both and convert carefully.
• Formats: Nepalese rupee (रू or Rs); lakh/crore grouping; Devanagari digits are widely used in official text.
• Context: many ethnic languages are spoken (Maithili, Newar, Tharu); Nepali is the language of government; keep place names in their official forms.
• Tone: respectful of age and status; use titles (श्री, सुश्री, श्रीमान्).

Common pitfalls

• Using Indian (Hindi) vocabulary for Nepalese institutions.
• Mixing BS and AD dates without labels.
• The general pitfalls in Locale Ne 001 also apply.

Learn more

• Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
• Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
• Unicode CLDR locale data for number grouping, calendars, and currency (https://cldr.unicode.org)