GK
COUNTRY LANGUAGES
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Dutch
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Nepali
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German
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Moldovan
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to the 2011 census of Nepal, the country has 122 major languages. Nepali is spoken by 78% of the population either as first or second language and has official language status. The other 121 languages are all recognized national languages. Maithili is the second most spoken language.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nepali is spoken by more than 17 million people, mostly in Nepal and neighbouring parts of India. Smaller speech communities exist in Bhutan, Brunei, and Myanmar.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sanskrit is an Indo-Aryan language that was spoken in ancient India. It is the predecessor of many modern languages, including Hindi and Bengali. Nepali is also related to Sanskrit, as it descended from the Prakrit language. Prakrit was commonly spoken in North India during the 1st millennium CE.
Detailed explanation-4: -Nepali became the national language of Nepal after a royal proclamation by late King Mahendra. Just a week before the parliamentary elections in 1959, King Mahendra unilaterally proclaimed a new constitution.