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Language Comparison: Nepalbhasa Newari vs Shan
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Aspect | Nepalbhasa Newari | Shan |
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Family | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman | Tai-Kadai |
Speakers | Approximately 800,000–1,000,000 | Approximately 3-4 million |
Features | Rich literary tradition, distinct tonal patterns, and complex verbal morphology; features classifiers and honorific forms | A tonal language closely related to Thai and Lao, known for its simpler grammar and extensive use of classifiers |
Countries | Nepal (primarily in the Kathmandu Valley), with smaller communities in India, Bhutan, and Tibet | Myanmar (primarily in Shan State), with smaller communities in Thailand and China |
Writing System | Ranjana script (historically), Prachalit script, and Devanagari (modern use) | Shan script (derived from Burmese script) |
Tonal | Partially tonal | Yes, typically 5-6 tones depending on the dialect |
Grammatical Cases | Yes, uses nominative, genitive, dative, instrumental, and locative cases | No, uses word order and particles |
Derived From | Old Newari (Classical Nepalbhasa) | Proto-Tai |
Loanwords | From Sanskrit, Pali, Nepali, and Tibetan | From Burmese, Pali, and Thai |
Dialects | Includes Kathmandu, Lalitpur (Patan), Bhaktapur, and Dolakha dialects, among others, with Kathmandu Newari considered the standard dialect | Includes Tai Long, Tai Mao, and Tai Khuen, with variations in pronunciation and vocabulary |
Alphabets | अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह (Devanagari script) | ၵ, ၶ, င, ၸ, ၹ, ၺ, ၻ, ၼ, ၽ, ၾ, ၿ, ႀ, ႁ, ႂ, ႃ, ႄ, ႅ, ႆ, ႇ, ႈ, ႉ, ႊ, ၷ, ႋ |
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