| Jumli Khas | |
|---|---|
| जुम्ली खस | |
 The word "Jumli" written in Devanagari script | |
| Region | Nepal |
Native speakers | 8,300 (2021)[1] |
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| Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | jml |
| Glottolog | juml1238 |
Jumli or Jumli Khas is an Indo-Aryan language of Nepal closely related to Nepali. It is primarily spoken in the Karnali Province of Nepal.[1] The language is occasionally referred to as a dialect of Nepali; however, the Government of Nepal considers Jumli as a different language and the 2011 Nepal census put the number of native speakers at 851.[2] The Khas language is known as the parent language of Nepali language.
- ^ a b Jumli Khas at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ "Census Nepal 2021". censusnepal.cbs.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
