Editing Newar language (section)

==Geographic distribution==
[[File:Classical Newar Stone Inscription from Bhaktapur.jpg|thumb|289x289px|A stone inscription in [[Classical Newar]] at [[Bhaktapur]].]]
[[Image:Nepal lipi inscription 1952.jpg|thumb|200px|Copper plate inscription at [[Swayambhunath]], dated [[Nepal Sambat]] 1072 (1952&nbsp;AD)]]

Newar is spoken by over a million people in Nepal according to the 2001 census.
* In Nepal: [[Kathmandu Valley]] (including [[Kathmandu]], [[Patan, Nepal|Lalitpur]], [[Bhaktapur]] and [[Madhyapur Thimi]] municipalities), [[Dolakha District]], [[Banepa]], [[Dhulikhel]], [[Bandipur]], Bhimphedi (Makwanpur), [[Panauti]], Palpa, Trishuli, Nuwakot, Bhojpur, Chitlang, [[Narayangarh, Chitwan]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Shrestha|first=Bal Gopal|title=Ritual and Identity in the Diaspora: The Newars in Sikkim|url=http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/bot/pdf/bot_2005_01_03.pdf|access-date=21 March 2011|newspaper=Bulletin of Tibetology|year=2005|archive-date=7 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007095553/http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/bot/pdf/bot_2005_01_03.pdf|url-status=live}} Page 26.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Himalaya Darpan |url= http://epaper.himalayadarpan.com/PUBLICATIONS/HD/HD/2013/09/19/ArticleHtmls/19092013008024.shtml?Mode=1 |access-date= 18 September 2013 |newspaper= Himalaya Darpan |date= 20 September 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053921/http://epaper.himalayadarpan.com/PUBLICATIONS/HD/HD/2013/09/19/ArticleHtmls/19092013008024.shtml?Mode=1 |archive-date= 21 September 2013 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
* In India: [[West Bengal]] & [[Sikkim]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=new|title=Newar|work=Ethnologue|access-date=3 April 2006|archive-date=7 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607182318/http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=new|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In Tibet: [[Zhangmu|Lhasa]]

With an increase in emigration, various bodies and societies of Newar-speaking people have emerged in countries such as the US, the UK, Australia, and Japan.