Classical Newari verbal morphology: A preliminary report

The label "Classical Newari" was first used by the Danish scholar Hans Jorgensen to refer to a collection of late 17th century manuscripts consisting mainly of narrative texts. Jorgensen made a thorough study and analysis of these manuscripts, resulting in two significant publications, A Dictionary of Classical Newari (1936) and A Grammar of the Classical Newari (1941) which are pioneer works on the subject. For the purpose of the present paper, Classical Newari (CN) can be defined as the language which appears in inscriptions, manuscripts and legal or land grant documents..