Languages of the country

Nepal

Official language: Nepali. Population (CLDR): 31 million.

Map of regions

We have not described regional languages for this country yet – the map shows the whole country in the colour of its main language.

Languages and their status

Share: the estimated part of the population that uses the language (also as a second language), according to CLDR.

LanguageStatusShare
Nepali नेपाली Official 44%
Maithili मैथिली Widely used 11%
Bhojpuri भोजपुरी Minority 6.8%
Newari Minority 3.3%
English Minority 3%
Awadhi Minority 2.2%
Hindi हिन्दी Minority 0.4%
Tibetan བོད་སྐད་ Minority 0.2%
Bangla বাংলা Minority <0.1%
Mundari Minority <0.1%

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