Nepali word counter & Preeti → Unicode

Words are counted by splitting the text on spaces and line breaks, so it works the same for Nepali (Devanagari) and English. Characters are counted by Unicode code point, sentences are split on the full stop and the Nepali danda (।) and double danda (॥), and paragraphs on blank lines.

Preeti is a legacy Nepali TTF font that stores Devanagari as ASCII bytes — text typed in Preeti only displays correctly when the Preeti font is installed, and is not searchable or web-friendly. Converting to Unicode produces real Devanagari characters (नेपाली) that work everywhere — in browsers, on phones, in search and in databases.

It uses the well-established Preeti character map with the standard re-ordering rules (for example, moving the short-i sign ि after its consonant and placing the reph र्). It handles the common conjuncts, matras, reph, chandrabindu and visarga. Very unusual ligatures or non-standard Preeti variants may occasionally need a manual check.

Reading time assumes about 200 words per minute and speaking time about 130 words per minute — typical averages. Your actual pace will vary with the text and language.

No. All counting and conversion run entirely in your browser (client-side). Nothing you type or paste is sent to a server.