Language:  Nepali

Approximate Global Speakers

16,991,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

69

Scripture Status

Audio Bible

Jesus Film

Gospel Recordings

Map Notes
PRIMARY Language
(69 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Adibasi Janajati Nepal 1,300
Badhi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 45,000
 Baha'i Nepal 1,400
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 283,000
 Baramu Nepal 9,200
 Bhote Nepal 15,000
 Bhotia India 134,000
 Brahmin Hill Nepal 3,731,000
 Byansi India 1,100
 Chepang India 1,400
 Chhantyal Nepal 14,000
 Chhetri Bhutan 4,300
 Chhetri India 248,000
 Chhetri Nepal 5,096,000
Churaute Nepal 2,800
 Darjee Bhutan 1,900
 Darjee India 59,000
 Darjee Nepal 547,000
 Dura Nepal 6,100
Gandharva Nepal 8,100
 Gangai India 5,700
 Gangai Nepal 44,000
 Gharti Nepal 137,000
 Gurung Ghaleg Bhutan 9,800
 Gurung Ghaleg India 129,000
 Kamar Nepal 1,900
 Kami India 116,000
 Kami Nepal 1,459,000
 Khas India 77,000
 Khas Nepal 19,000
 Kumal India 4,300
 Kumal Nepal 140,000
 Magar India 423,000
 Magar Nepal 2,190,000
 Majhi Nepal 97,000
 Nepalese, Gurkha Brunei 2,200
 Nepali, general Australia 135,000
 Nepali, general United Arab Emirates 95,000
 Nepali, general Myanmar (Burma) 296,000
 Nepali, general Finland 3,900
 Nepali, general Canada 8,400
 Nepali, general China, Hong Kong 17,000
 Nepali, general Malaysia 249,000
 Nepali, general New Zealand 2,900
 Nepali, general United States 59,000
 Newah Bhutan 3,700
 Newah India 197,000
 Newah Bangladesh 1,000
 Pahari Nepal 16,000
 Rai India 148,000
 Rai Nepal 718,000
 Raute Nepal 1,100
Sarbaria Nepal 3,800
 Sarki Bhutan 1,600
 Sarki India 32,000
 Sarki Nepal 435,000
 Sherpa India 46,000
 Silpkar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 70,000
 Sunuwar India 101,000
 Tamang Bhutan 9,300
 Tamang India 276,000
 Thakali India 1,800
 Thakali Nepal 13,000
 Thakuri India 39,000
 Thakuri Nepal 493,000
 Thami India 3,000
 Tharu Khawas Nepal 1,800
 Yakthumba, Limbu Bhutan 1,800
 Yakthumba, Limbu India 164,000
  Totals:  69     60
SECONDARY Language
(311 people groups)
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Photo People Group Country Population Progress Scale
 Adi India 82,000
Adi Gallong India 21,000
 Adi Minyong India 29,000
 Adi Padam India 16,000
 Ahar Nepal 2,400
 Aka India 13,000
 Amat Nepal 3,500
 Anal India 27,000
 Angami India 178,000
 Ansari Nepal 51,000
 Ao India 277,000
 Arleng India 698,000
Asur India 40,000
 Ath Pahariya Nepal 6,900
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) Nepal 38,000
 Badhai (Muslim traditions) Nepal 2,700
 Baha'i India 16,000
 Bahing Nepal 3,300
 Bahna (Hindu traditions) Nepal 18,000
 Baiga India 676,000
 Bangali (Hindu traditions) Nepal 30,000
 Bania Bhutan 3,900
 Bania Agarwal Nepal 22,000
 Bania unspecified India 16,981,000
 Bania unspecified Nepal 127,000
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) India 7,352,000
 Bantar Nepal 64,000
 Bantawa Nepal 5,200
 Bari (Hindu traditions) Nepal 11,000
 Barman India 8,000
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) India 660,000
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) Nepal 27,000
 Bedia (Muslim traditions) Nepal 2,500
 Bhand (Muslim traditions) Nepal 8,700
 Bharia Bhumia India 380,000
 Bhattra India 369,000
 Bhil unspecified India 14,556,000
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 147,000
 Bhoi Mallah Mewat Nepal 8,700
 Bhoksa India 70,000
 Bhotia Sikkim Bhutan 6,200
 Bhotia Sikkim India 99,000
 Bhumij India 1,328,000
 Bind Nepal 85,000
Birhor India 24,000
 Birjia India 17,000
 Bodh (Buddhist traditions) India 138,000
 Bodo (Hindu traditions) India 1,727,000
Bori India 4,000
 Bote-Majhi Nepal 13,000
 Brahmin Bhutan 6,200
 Brahmin Bhumihar Nepal 19,000
 Brahmin Bohara Nepal 1,200
 Brahmin Gaur Nepal 8,200
 Brahmin Joshi Nepal 2,400
 Brahmin Kanaujia Nepal 7,400
 Brahmin Khandelwal Nepal 2,300
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi Nepal 3,400
 Brahmin Saraswat Nepal 3,200
 Brahmin Terai Nepal 121,000
 Brahmin unspecified India 34,563,000
 Bru India 245,000
Bujur India 3,000
 Byansi Nepal 4,900
 Chakhesang India 185,000
 Chakma India 260,000
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 374,000
 Chamling Nepal 7,500
 Chang India 77,000
 Chaudhari, tribal India 359,000
 Chenchu India 85,000
 Chepang, Tsepang Nepal 80,000
 Chero India 239,000
 Chidimar Nepal 5,100
 Chik Baraik India 139,000
 Chin Mara India 52,000
 Chothe India 4,400
 Christian India 1,565,000
 Danuwar Rai Nepal 97,000
 Darai Nepal 20,000
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 8,700
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) Nepal 23,000
 Deori India 61,000
Dhandi Nepal 2,300
 Dhangar Bharwad India 3,305,000
 Dhanuk Nepal 255,000
 Dharkar Nepal 3,100
 Dhimal Nepal 31,000
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 130,000
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) Nepal 8,200
 Dhodia India 807,000
 Dolpa Nepal 4,800
 Dom (Hindu traditions) Nepal 16,000
 Dura India 3,700
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) Nepal 243,000
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) Nepal 9,300
Gaddi (Hindu traditions) India 277,000
 Gamit India 541,000
 Gangte India 26,000
 Garo (A-chik Mande) India 1,305,000
 Gharti India 27,000
 Gond unspecified India 10,129,000
 Gosain Nepal 2,000
Gurung Ghale Nepal 26,000
 Gurung Ghaleg Bangladesh 1,200
 Gurung Ghaleg Nepal 609,000
 Hajam Nepal 43,000
 Hajang India 96,000
 Halalkhor (Hindu traditions) Nepal 5,000
 Halba India 866,000
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) Nepal 97,000
 Haomei India 79,000
 Hayu Nepal 3,500
 Hmar India 116,000
 Ho India 1,276,000
Hojai India 5,100
 Illemei India 114,000
 Jad India 2,600
 Jamatia India 99,000
Jatapu India 169,000
 Jaunsari India 111,000
 Jirel Nepal 6,600
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 1,100
Juang India 56,000
 Kachari Dimasa India 173,000
 Kachari Sonwal India 331,000
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 63,000
 Kahha India 63,000
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) India 2,679,000
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 130,000
 Kalwar Jaiswal Nepal 6,600
Kalwar Sunri Nepal 9,400
 Kanaura India 63,000
 Kandha Gauda India 31,000
 Kandu Nepal 149,000
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 3,500
 Karmali India 153,000
 Kawar India 1,185,000
 Kawar Nepal 1,500
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) Nepal 52,000
 Khaling Nepal 1,700
 Khambu Bhutan 1,500
 Khambu India 404,000
 Kharia India 898,000
 Kharwar India 688,000
 Khas Bhutan 1,000
 Khasi India 1,477,000
 Khatwa Nepal 118,000
 Khiamniungan India 73,000
 Kisan India 1,864,000
 Kisan Nepal 2,600
 Koch (Hindu traditions) India 60,000
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) India 9,679,000
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) Nepal 355,000
 Kokna India 1,283,000
 Kol India 2,093,000
 Kolowar India 287,000
 Kom India 21,000
 Konda Dhora India 277,000
 Konyak India 283,000
 Kori India 3,062,000
 Korwa India 537,000
 Kui Khond India 1,571,000
 Kuki Chin India 168,000
 Kulung Nepal 32,000
 Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) Nepal 74,000
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) India 22,681,000
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 268,000
 Lahaula India 3,500
 Lamkang India 9,300
 Lhomi India 1,900
 Lhomi, Shing Saapa Nepal 1,300
 Loba Bhutan 2,200
 Loba Nepal 3,100
 Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) India 153,000
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) India 11,340,000
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 120,000
Lohra India 308,000
 Lotha India 210,000
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) Nepal 81,000
 Magar Bhutan 2,800
 Mahali India 97,000
 Mahli India 482,000
 Mahratta unspecified India 31,328,000
 Majhi India 143,000
 Majhwar India 222,000
 Mali (Hindu traditions) Nepal 17,000
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) Nepal 201,000
Mallah Dhawa (Hindu traditions) Nepal 2,200
 Malto India 224,000
 Maramei India 33,000
Maring India 32,000
 Marma (Magh) India 55,000
 Mech India 65,000
 Mech Nepal 5,800
 Meena India 5,505,000
Mewahang Nepal 4,500
Miniyong India 9,400
 Miri India 824,000
 Miyan Nepal 35,000
 Mizo India 170,000
Mizo Fanai India 17,000
Mizo Lushai India 670,000
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 16,000
 Monpa India 48,000
 Monpa Dirang India 8,500
 Munda India 4,363,000
 Murao (Hindu traditions) Nepal 2,100
Murasing India 17,000
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 272,000
 Naga India 20,000
 Naga Tangkhul India 236,000
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) India 177,000
 Nai (Hindu traditions) Nepal 137,000
 Newah Nepal 1,533,000
 Nissi India 46,000
 Oraon India 5,311,000
 Paite (Christian traditions) India 95,000
Paite Simte India 9,300
Pangwala India 21,000
 Pardhan India 376,000
 Pardhi India 433,000
Parhaiya India 36,000
 Parja unspecified India 391,000
Pasi India 1,200
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 4,600
Pawi India 62,000
 Pinjara Nepal 20,000
 Pnar India 330,000
 Pochury India 27,000
 Poumai India 152,000
 Puroik India 5,200
 Qassab Nepal 1,900
 Qazi Nepal 12,000
 Rabha India 436,000
 Rai Bhutan 3,900
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) India 4,974,000
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) Nepal 133,000
 Rajbhar Nepal 13,000
Rajdhob Nepal 16,000
Raji India 2,300
Raji Nepal 5,500
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) India 27,599,000
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) Nepal 44,000
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) Nepal 13,000
 Rajput Khasiya India 157,000
 Rengma India 83,000
 Rongkup Bhutan 3,000
 Rongkup India 92,000
 Rongkup Nepal 4,700
 Rongmei India 118,000
Sampang Nepal 1,800
 Sangtam India 90,000
 Santal (Sawntal) India 8,944,000
 Saora unspecified India 944,000
Sauria Paharia India 61,000
 Sayyid Nepal 77,000
 Sema India 288,000
 Shaikh Nepal 948,000
 Shaikh Qureshi Nepal 20,000
 Sherdukpen India 4,200
 Sherpa Bhutan 10,000
 Sherpa Nepal 128,000
 Sherpa Helambu Nepal 2,900
 Singpho India 9,800
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) India 8,308,000
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) Nepal 76,000
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) Nepal 108,000
 Sunuwar Nepal 65,000
Tagin India 73,000
 Tai Man India 6,900
 Tajpuriya Nepal 22,000
 Tamang Nepal 1,779,000
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) Nepal 93,000
Tangsa India 18,000
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) Nepal 122,000
 Teli (Hindu traditions) Nepal 428,000
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) Nepal 15,000
 Thadou India 258,000
 Thakali Marphali Nepal 2,200
 Thakkar India 693,000
Thakuria Nepal 2,900
 Thami Nepal 34,000
 Tharu India 540,000
 Tharu Rana Nepal 242,000
 Tharu unspecified Nepal 1,774,000
 Thulung Nepal 4,000
 Tibetan, Bhotia Nepal 3,100
 Tipera India 814,000
 Tiwa India 287,000
 Tokpegola Nepal 1,700
 Uchoi Tipura (Brung) India 3,100
 Vaiphei India 54,000
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) Nepal 6,600
Valmiki (Muslim traditions) Nepal 1,500
 Walang Bhutan 3,700
 Walang Nepal 1,500
 Wancho India 77,000
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) India 40,857,000
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) Nepal 1,054,000
 Yadav Dhindhor Nepal 18,000
 Yadav Gaoli Nepal 94,000
 Yadav Rawat Nepal 11,000
 Yakkha India 6,900
 Yakkha Nepal 28,000
 Yakthumba, Limbu Nepal 449,000
Yamphu Nepal 8,100
 Yehlmo Nepal 12,000
 Yenadi India 800,000
 Yimchungra India 80,000
 Zeliang India 123,000
  Totals:  311     222

Language Alternate Names
Baitadeli (Baitadi)
Bajura
Bajurali
Bajurali (Bajura)
Darchulali
Darchulali (Darjula)
Darchuli (Darjula)
Darjula
Eastern Pahadi
Eastern Pahari
Gorkhali
Gurkhali
Khaskura
Lhotshammikha
Nepalese
Parbate
Parbatiya

Dialects
Acchami
Achhami
Baitadeli
Baitadi
Bajhangi
Bajurali
Bajureli
Bheri
Bhutan
Dadeldhuri
Dailekhi
Darchulali
Darchulee
Darchuleli
Darchuli
Darjeeling
Gandakeli
Gorkhali
Humli
Kalikot
Kathmandu
Nepali
Palpa
Pokhara
Purbeli
Soradi

Dialect Alternate Names
Acchami
Bahasa Nepal
Bhasa Purbi
Darjula
Eastern Pahari
Gorkhali
Gurkhali
Khas
Khas Kura
Khaskura
Nepalais
Nepalees
Nepalese
Nepali: Acchami
Nepali: Achhami
Nepali: Baitadi
Nepali: Bhutan
Nepali: Darchulee
Nepali: Darjeeling
Nepali: Gorkhali
Nepali: Kalikot
Nepali: Kathmandu
Nepali: Palpa
Nepali: Pokhara
Nepali: Pokhra
Parbate
Parbati Bhasa
Parbatiya
Pokhra
Purbi
Purwi
Purwi/Purbi


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