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Which language family does Nepali belong to?

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Flag of Nepal consisting of two stacked triangular pennants in red with a blue border and featuring a white crescent moon above a white sun symbol.
Nepal

The Nepali language belongs to the Indo-European languages family.1

More specifically, it is classified within the Indo-Iranian division and the Indo-Aryan group. Within this group, Nepali is a member of the Pahari subgroup.1