Is Newari a classifier language?

In a paper presented at the 1972 International Congress of Linguists in Bologna, an attempt was made by Joseph Greenberg to determine the conditions under which anon-classifier language might become a classifier language. In approaching this question, Greenberg  was obliged to raise the prior question as to the definition of the linguistic type to which we refer "classifier language." His study was based on over 100 different classifier languages from all over the world, but no mention was made of Newari.

The purpose of this paper is to examine Newari in the light of Greenberg's study with a view toward determining whether Newari is to be considered a classifier language or not and if so, upon what basis.