TABLE 19 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TOUNGE AND SEX
S.NO.	MOTHER TOUNGE	TOTAL			MALE	FEMALE
		NUMBER	%	CUMULATIVE  %
	Nepal	22736934	100.00	100.00	11359378	11377556
1	NEPALI	11053255	48.61	48.61	5422233	5631022
2	MAITHILI	2797582	12.30	60.92	1458556	1339026
3	BHOJPURI	1712536	7.53	68.45	893813	818723
4	THARU (DAGAURA/RANA)	1331546	5.86	74.31	671252	660294
5	TAMANG	1179145	5.19	79.49	588409	590736
6	NEWAR	825458	3.63	83.12	410481	414977
7	MAGAR	770116	3.39	86.51	372568	397548
8	AWADHI	560744	2.47	88.98	293201	267543
9	BANTAWA	371056	1.63	90.61	182162	188894
10	GURUNG	338925	1.49	92.10	159369	179556
11	LIMBU	333633	1.47	93.57	161634	171999
12	BAJJIKA	237947	1.05	94.61	124088	113859
13	URDU	174840	0.77	95.38	90223	84617
14	RAJBANSI	129829	0.57	95.95	65053	64776
15	SHERPA	129771	0.57	96.52	64102	65669
16	HINDI	105765	0.47	96.99	61624	44141
17	CHAMLING	44093	0.19	97.18	21106	22987
18	SANTHALI	40260	0.18	97.36	20278	19982
19	CHEPANG	36807	0.16	97.52	18652	18155
20	DANUWAR	31849	0.14	97.66	15745	16104
21	JHANGAR/ DHANGAR	28615	0.13	97.79	14158	14457
22	SUNUWAR	26611	0.12	97.90	12967	13644
23	BANGLA	23602	0.10	98.01	12881	10721
24	MARWARI (RAJSTHANI)	22637	0.10	98.11	12019	10618
25	MANJHI	21841	0.10	98.20	10827	11014
26	THAMI	18991	0.08	98.29	9383	9608
27	KULUNG	18686	0.08	98.37	9325	9361
28	DHIMAL	17308	0.08	98.45	8509	8799
29	ANGIKA	15892	0.07	98.52	8127	7765
30	YAKKHA	14648	0.06	98.58	7009	7639
31	THULUNG	14034	0.06	98.64	6918	7116
32	SANGPANG	10810	0.05	98.69	5199	5611
33	BHUJEL/ KHAWAS	10733	0.05	98.74	5301	5432
34	DARAI	10210	0.04	98.78	4920	5290
35	KHALING	9288	0.04	98.82	4648	4640
36	KUMAL	6533	0.03	98.85	3147	3386
37	THAKALI	6441	0.03	98.88	3063	3378
38	CHHANTYAL/ CHHANTEL	5912	0.03	98.90	2733	3179
39	NEPALI SIGN LANGUAGE	5743	0.03	98.93	2946	2797
40	TIBBETAN	5277	0.02	98.95	2813	2464
41	DUMI	5271	0.02	98.98	2589	2682
42	JIREL	4919	0.02	99.00	2409	2510
43	WAMBULE/ UMBULE	4471	0.02	99.02	2233	2238
44	PUMA	4310	0.02	99.04	2115	2195
45	YHOLMO	3986	0.02	99.05	1980	2006
46	NACHHIRING	3553	0.02	99.07	1758	1795
47	DURA	3397	0.01	99.08	1542	1855
48	MECHE	3301	0.01	99.10	1574	1727
49	PAHARI	2995	0.01	99.11	1554	1441
50	LEPCHA/ LAPCHE	2826	0.01	99.13	1497	1329
51	BOTE	2823	0.01	99.14	1440	1383
52	BAHING	2765	0.01	99.15	1327	1438
53	KOI/ KOYU	2641	0.01	99.16	1349	1292
54	RAJI	2413	0.01	99.17	1189	1224
55	HAYU	1743	0.01	99.18	847	896
56	BYANGSHI	1734	0.01	99.19	874	860
57	YAMPHU/ YAMPHE	1722	0.01	99.19	836	886
58	GHALE	1649	0.01	99.20	801	848
59	KHARIYA	1575	0.01	99.21	788	787
60	CHHILING	1314	0.01	99.21	657	657
61	LOHORUNG	1207	0.01	99.22	570	637
62	PUNJABI	1165	0.01	99.23	649	516
63	CHINESE	1101	0.00	99.23	556	545
64	ENGLISH	1037	0.00	99.23	588	449
65	MEWAHANG	904	0.00	99.24	435	469
66	SANSKRIT	823	0.00	99.24	471	352
67	KAIKE	794	0.00	99.25	383	411
68	RAUTE	518	0.00	99.25	275	243
69	KISAN	489	0.00	99.25	239	250
70	CHURAUTI	408	0.00	99.25	211	197
71	BARAM/ MARAMU	342	0.00	99.25	149	193
72	TILUNG	310	0.00	99.25	147	163
73	JERO/ JERUNG	271	0.00	99.26	125	146
74	DUNGMALI	221	0.00	99.26	100	121
75	ORIYA	159	0.00	99.26	93	66
76	LINGKHIM	97	0.00	99.26	53	44
77	KUSUNDA	87	0.00	99.26	37	50
78	SINDHI	72	0.00	99.26	38	34
79	KOCHE	54	0.00	99.26	23	31
80	HARIYANWI	33	0.00	99.26	11	22
81	MAGAHI	30	0.00	99.26	16	14
82	SAM	23	0.00	99.26	10	13
83	KURMALI	13	0.00	99.26	6	7
84	KAGATE	10	0.00	99.26	6	4
85	DZONKHA	9	0.00	99.26	4	5
86	KUKI	9	0.00	99.26	4	5
87	CHHINTANG	8	0.00	99.26	3	5
88	MIZO	8	0.00	99.26	6	2
89	NAGAMESE	6	0.00	99.26	3	3
90	LHOMI	4	0.00	99.26	3	1
91	ASSAMISE	3	0.00	99.26	2	1
92	SADHANI	2	0.00	99.26	1	1
93	UNKNOWN LANGUAGE	168340	0.74	100.00	83360	84980