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| Kashi Newbie Germany Joined 4806 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: English | Message 9 of 12 21 October 2011 at 1:05am | IP Logged |
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I spent a few years in Nepal and West Bengal/Sikkim where Nepali is widely spoken and/or understood. The best place to pick up Nepali study books and countless other titles in Nepali would be -of course- Kathmandu, especially Pilgrims Bookstore in Thamel, who run their own publishing business as well and ship their stuff worldwide.
I personally worked my way through "Teach yourself Nepali" (among others) and the accompanying audio tapes but nothing has helped me more than my Nepali friends and families. Please be aware that the Nepali spoken in the eastern parts of Nepal and beyond differs quite a bit from the dialects spoken in KTM and western districts. You could try to grab a copy of G.G. Rogers "Colloquial Nepali" (eastern Nepali) to get the idea. In most parts of the country Nepali is still no more than a lingua franca and many locals prefer their own language of which there are more than 80. Anyway, good luck and "Nepali ho" ! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| asies Bilingual Tetraglot Newbie India Joined 4765 days ago 36 posts - 44 votes Speaks: English, Hindi*, Nepali*, Urdu Studies: Spanish | Message 10 of 12 15 November 2011 at 6:06pm | IP Logged |
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Difference is there but that's only accent and vocabulary difference, nothing much.
Nepali ke ho? Mae-le chai-n bujhi-na? Ali-kati ram-mari bhan-nus ta =P 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| unzum Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom soyouwanttolearnalan Joined 6918 days ago 371 posts - 478 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Mandarin | Message 11 of 12 24 November 2011 at 9:25pm | IP Logged |
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Here are some Nepali language links I collected on my website.
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| davidwelsh Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5533 days ago 141 posts - 307 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, Norwegian, Esperanto, Swedish, Danish, French Studies: Polish, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Pali, Mandarin | Message 12 of 12 26 November 2011 at 8:47am | IP Logged |
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The Rangjung Yeshe Institute in Kathmandu have an intensive summer course if you want to get off to a flying start:)
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