Editing Newar language (section)

===Licchavi Dynasty===
The [[Sanskrit|Sanskrit language]] stone inscriptions of the [[Licchavis of Nepal|Licchavi period]] (approximately 400–750) contains frequent use of [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]] words especially for proper nouns.<ref name=":4" /> Almost 80 percent of the names of places, taxes and merchandise used in the inscriptions are [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]] in origin.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last1=Levy |first1=Robert Isaac |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ngacsMPGJPcC |title=Mesocosm: Hinduism and the Organization of a Traditional Newar City in Nepal |last2=Rājopādhyāya |first2=Kedar Rāj |date=1990 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-06911-4 |pages=36 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":p1">{{Cite book |last=Shrestha |first=Purushottam Lochan |url=https://archive.org/details/TripurRaYuthunimamRajkulPurushottamLochanShrestha |title=Tripura ra Yuthunimama Durbara |publisher=Bhaktapur Offset Prints |year=2001 |isbn=99933-622-0-4 |page=2 |language=ne |trans-title=The Royal Houses of Tripura and Yuthunimama}}</ref>{{Sfn|Tuladhar|2000|p=19}} It suggests that Newar existed as a vernacular language since at least the [[Licchavis of Nepal|Lichhavi Dynasty]].<ref name=":4" /> According to the [[Gopal Raj Vamshavali]], a 14th century Newar language history book, before the [[Licchavis of Vaishali]] conquered [[Nepal Mandala|Nepal]], it was ruled by the [[Kirata]] and the language they spoke, which is referred by historians such as Shrestha as Kiranti, is believed to be the old form of the Newar language.<ref name=":p1" /> For instance, in an inscription from 594 located in present day [[Bhaktapur]], the area is referred as ''khopṛiṅa'' which closely resmbles the [[Classical Newar|classical]] and modern Newar name for the [[Bhaktapur|city]], ''khopa.<ref name=":p2">{{Cite book |last=Shrestha |first=Purushottam Lochan |url=https://archive.org/details/TripurRaYuthunimamRajkulPurushottamLochanShrestha |title=Tripura ra Yuthunimama Durbara |publisher=Bhaktapur Offset Prints |year=2001 |isbn=99933-622-0-4 |page=4 |language=ne |trans-title=The Royal Houses of Tripura and Yuthunimama}}</ref>''