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Nepali is Nepal’s official language, a state in India, and it is one of the 22 scheduled languages in India. Nepali has official status in Sikkim, Darjeeling (Sadar subdivision), and Kalimpong district (West Bengal). It has over 16 million native speakers all around the world and also over 9 million second-language speakers. Nepali comes under the Indo-European language family. It has two writing systems, namely Devanagari and Devanagari Braille. Ethnically, the language was called Khas Speech (Khas Kurā). The people who spoke this language are called Khas people in the Karnali Region and Gorkhali (the language of the Gorkha Kingdom). In the upcoming article, let’s see how to say months of the year in Nepali.
In Nepali, the word month is written as महिना and pronounced as Mahinā. The plural form is also written and pronounced the same. So let’s see the rest of the months of the year in Nepali.
How to Say English Months in Nepali
Month Name in English | Month Name in Nepali | Pronunciation | Newari Months (Nepal Sambat) |
January | जनवरी | Janavarī | पोहेला |
February | फेब्रुअरी | Phēbru’arī | सिल्ला |
March | मार्च | Mārca | चिल्ला |
April | अप्रिल | Aprila | चौला |
May | मे | Mē | बछला |
June | जुन | Juna | तछला |
July | जुलाई | Julā’ī | दिल्ला |
August | अगस्त | Agasta | गुंला |
September | सेप्टेम्बर | Sēpṭēmbara | ञला |
October | अक्टुबर | Akṭubara | कौला |
November | नोभेम्बर | Nōbhēmbara | कछला |
December | डिसेम्बर | Ḍisēmbara | थिंला |
How to Say Nepali Months in English
The Nepali language has a unique calendar apart from the English calendar, in which the number of days in each month varies between 29 and 32.
Nepali Months | Nepali Months Duration | Transliteration |
वैशाख | Mid-April to mid-May | Baishakh |
ज्येष्ठ | Mid-May to mid-June | Jeth |
आषाढ़ / असार | Mid-June to mid-July | Ashadh or Asar |
श्रावण / साउन | Mid-July to mid-August | Shrawan |
भाद्रपद / भदौ | Mid-August to mid-September | Bhadau or Bhadra |
असोज / आश्विन | Mid-September to mid-October | Asoj or Ashwin |
कात्तिक / कार्तिक | Mid-October to mid-November | Karthik |
मंसिर / मार्गशीर्ष | Mid-November to mid-December | Mangsir |
पुष / पौष | Mid-December to mid-January | Poush |
माघ | Mid-January to mid-February | Magh |
फागुन / फाल्गुण | Mid-February to mid-March | Falgun |
चैत / चैत्र | Mid-March to mid-April | Chaitra |
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