diff --git a/test/ne.rb b/test/ne.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba6a67c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ne.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+class TestNe < Minitest::Test
+  def setup
+    @varnam = get_varnam_handle('ne')
+    @varnam.config(Varnam::VARNAM_CONFIG_SET_TOKENIZER_SUGGESTIONS_LIMIT, 30)
+  end
+
+  def test_words
+    list = {
+      'kitaab' => 'किताब',
+      'pitaa' => 'पिता',
+      'prastuti' => 'प्रस्तुति',
+      'kaaThamaanDau' => 'काठमान्डौ',
+      # not working vowel+vowel combinations
+      'euTaa' => 'एउटा',
+      'aaimaai' => 'आइमाइ'
+    }
+    list.each do |pattern, expected|
+      # TODO assert length of result array too
+      assert_equal expected, @varnam.transliterate(pattern)[0].Word
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_reverse_transliteration
+    list = {
+      'नेपाली' => %w[nepaalee nepaalI nepAlee nepaalii nepali]
+    }
+
+    list.each do |word, expected|
+      assert_equal expected, @varnam.reverse_transliterate(word)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/run.rb b/test/run.rb
index 8b1c457..a60f7ec 100755
--- a/test/run.rb
+++ b/test/run.rb
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ def get_varnam_handle(scheme_id)
 require "minitest/autorun"
 require_relative './ml'
 require_relative './hi'
+require_relative './ne'