TABLE 12 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
 
                   
Language Spoken Total As a mother  As a Secondary  Nepali Terai  Newari Hindi English Other 
    Tongue Language (a)   Dialects       Languages
                   
Nepali 5125084 4013567 1111517 xxx 11404 7844 24493 2981 16444
Maithili Pradesh Dialedts  * 617443 * 10602 xxx 5 3602 236 749
Tamang or Lama 497655 494745 2910 238217 2514 769 330 25 790
Eastern Terai Dialects * 460946 * 2293 xxx 4 1395 188 248
Newari 392389 383184 9205 169276 771 xxx 5769 2337 831
Tharu 362733 359594 3139 27869 34693 4 2988 18 717
Maithili Pradesh Dialedts 304089 300768 3321 5034 1703 38 12083 416 244
Magar 277744 273780 3964 150360 611 21 694 15 320
Mid Western Terai Dialect * 259015 * 645 xxx 3 1418 88 198
Rai Kirat 237351 236049 1302 165260 24 56 206 24 322
Gurung 164189 162192 1997 103224 53 11 333 10 256
Limbu 145983 145511 472 99330 1 0 131 3 135
Morang Pradesh Dialects  * 106569 * 5375 xxx 2 2719 17 1168
Hindi 149113 80181 68932 2146 2263 153 xxx 351 271
Bhote Sherpa 72477 70132 2345 35447 0 16 0 3 139
Far Western Terai Dialects * 69446 * 594 * 0 518 10 80
Rajbansi or Tajpuri * 35543 (b) 2071 2276 0 1854 6 97
Urdu * 32545 (b) 3980 3663 101 2509 97 272
Sunuwar * 17299 (b) 13247 2 0 9 2 4
Satar * 16751 (b) 579 277 0 1467 0 807
Bojpuri * 16335 (b) 58 0 2 115 9 19
Chepang * 14261 (b) 7658 0 0 0 0 0
Thami * 10240 (b) 3449 0 2 0 0 0
Other Languages 71444 58271 (c )13173 19803 649 174 3299 187 2120
* Unknown
(a) Individuals Were counted as many times as the number of languages spoken.
(b) Indcluded in "other Languages".
(c) Including 7023 , English, 1529, Sansjrut, abd 1127, Tubetab abd Cgubese