Nepal, Sept. 3 -- The Language Commission has emphasized the need to use Nepali language in the embossed number plate installed in the vehicles.

The Commission asserted that the Article 7 (1) of the Constitution of Nepal stipulates that the Nepali language, written in the Devanagari script, as the official language of Nepal for government functions.

The constitutional body mandated to protect, promote and develop the nation's diverse languages also expressed its dissent over the latest provision of the vehicle number plates being in English only.

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