Dear m17n team,
I have created two layouts for Nepali
ne-trad-ttf: which builds upon ne-trad (existing nepali traditional layout) by removing rarely used glyphs and adding missing ones such that it is easier to use for users familiar with non-unicode ttf fonts layouts. There is still a large user base for such fonts as printing industry is still using them. This started a few years back and has gone through few revisions according to user suggestions. I also maintain a page providing layout image and instructions:
http://nepalitankan.blogspot.com/2013/10/nepali-traditional.html mim and icon:
https://github.com/sapradhan/ne-trad-ttf/tree/master/linuxne-rom-translit: a naive attempt at a transliterated layout.
I request you to review if these meet your standards and include it in m17n if deemed fit.
Thank you and wish everybody a prosperous and fulfilling new year.
Santosh