bhasanepal.com is a demographic resource based website. It aims to conserve and consolidate demographic, cultural and linguistic diversity in Nepal through multilinguistic dictionary, encyclopedia, phrasebook and dialects. Language (bhasa) is the way of communicating in either spoken, written or sign forms. Language not only conveys information but also governs the origin of the communicator in comprehensive detail. For e.g. people speaking Nepalese language in west, east, central, south and north of Nepal sounds distinct in accents, slangs and use.
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Linguistic Diversity in Nepal
From the Concensus 2001 AD, 92 mother tongue languages were identified from population of 22736934. The languages from the largest number of users to the least are as follows
Nepali spoken by majority of 48.61% followed by Maithali, Bhojpuri, Tharu (Dagaura/Rana), Tamang, Newar, Magar, Awadhi, Bantawa, Gurung, Limbu, Bajjika, Urdu, Rajbansi, Sherpa, Hindi, Chamling,
Ethnic diversity in Nepal
Nepal's rich diverse ethnicity is formed with majority of Indo-Aryans, mixed Indo-Mongoloids and Mongoloids. Indo-Aryans and mixed Indo-mongoloids such as Chhetri, Bahun and Newar make 80% while 17% of population is formed by Mongoloids such as Magar, Rai and Gurung. From the Concensus 2001 AD, 102 ethnic groups/castes were categorised from population of 2,27,36,934. The population of ethnic groups or castes from the largest number to the least are as follows:
