TABLE
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LANGUAGES
SPOKEN BY THE POPULATION PRESENT AS A MOTHER TONGUE AND AS A SECONDARY
LANGUAGE AND PRINCIPAL SECONDARY LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY MEMBERS OF EACH OF THE
LANGUAGE GROUPS |
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Language
Spoken |
Total |
As a mother |
As a Secondary |
Nepali |
Terai |
Newari |
Hindi |
English |
Other |
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Tongue |
Language (a) |
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Dialects |
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Languages |
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Nepali |
5125084 |
4013567 |
1111517 |
xxx |
11404 |
7844 |
24493 |
2981 |
16444 |
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Maithili Pradesh Dialedts |
* |
617443 |
* |
10602 |
xxx |
5 |
3602 |
236 |
749 |
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Tamang
or Lama |
497655 |
494745 |
2910 |
238217 |
2514 |
769 |
330 |
25 |
790 |
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Eastern
Terai Dialects |
* |
460946 |
* |
2293 |
xxx |
4 |
1395 |
188 |
248 |
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Newari |
392389 |
383184 |
9205 |
169276 |
771 |
xxx |
5769 |
2337 |
831 |
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Tharu |
362733 |
359594 |
3139 |
27869 |
34693 |
4 |
2988 |
18 |
717 |
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Maithili
Pradesh Dialedts |
304089 |
300768 |
3321 |
5034 |
1703 |
38 |
12083 |
416 |
244 |
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Magar |
277744 |
273780 |
3964 |
150360 |
611 |
21 |
694 |
15 |
320 |
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Mid
Western Terai Dialect |
* |
259015 |
* |
645 |
xxx |
3 |
1418 |
88 |
198 |
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Rai
Kirat |
237351 |
236049 |
1302 |
165260 |
24 |
56 |
206 |
24 |
322 |
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Gurung |
164189 |
162192 |
1997 |
103224 |
53 |
11 |
333 |
10 |
256 |
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Limbu |
145983 |
145511 |
472 |
99330 |
1 |
0 |
131 |
3 |
135 |
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Morang Pradesh Dialects |
* |
106569 |
* |
5375 |
xxx |
2 |
2719 |
17 |
1168 |
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Hindi |
149113 |
80181 |
68932 |
2146 |
2263 |
153 |
xxx |
351 |
271 |
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Bhote
Sherpa |
72477 |
70132 |
2345 |
35447 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
3 |
139 |
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Far
Western Terai Dialects |
* |
69446 |
* |
594 |
* |
0 |
518 |
10 |
80 |
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Rajbansi
or Tajpuri |
* |
35543 |
(b) |
2071 |
2276 |
0 |
1854 |
6 |
97 |
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Urdu |
* |
32545 |
(b) |
3980 |
3663 |
101 |
2509 |
97 |
272 |
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Sunuwar |
* |
17299 |
(b) |
13247 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
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Satar |
* |
16751 |
(b) |
579 |
277 |
0 |
1467 |
0 |
807 |
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Bojpuri |
* |
16335 |
(b) |
58 |
0 |
2 |
115 |
9 |
19 |
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Chepang |
* |
14261 |
(b) |
7658 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Thami |
* |
10240 |
(b) |
3449 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Other
Languages |
71444 |
58271 |
(c )13173 |
19803 |
649 |
174 |
3299 |
187 |
2120 |
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Unknown |
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(a) |
Individuals Were counted as many times as the number of
languages spoken. |
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(b) |
Indcluded in "other Languages". |
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(c) |
Including 7023 , English, 1529, Sansjrut, abd 1127, Tubetab
abd Cgubese |
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