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  1. $Title{Table 3.: Languages of Nepal by Percentage of the National Population, 1952-54}
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  4.            Language                Percent             Language                 Percent
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  6. Nepali ...........................    48.7     Far Western Tarai dialects .....     0.8
  7. Maithili Pradesh dialects ........     7.5     Rajbansi (Tajpori) .............     0.4
  8. Tamang ...........................     6.0     Urdu ...........................     0.4
  9. Eastern Tarai dialects ...........     5.6     Sunwar .........................     0.2
  10. Newari ...........................     4.7     Satar ..........................     0.2
  11. Tharuhati ........................     4.4     Bhojpuri .......................     0.2
  12. Maithili .........................     3.7     Chepang ........................     0.2
  13. Magar ............................     3.3     Thami ..........................     0.1
  14. Midwestern Tarai dialects ........     3.1     Bengali ........................     0.1
  15. Rai ..............................     2.9     Danuwar ........................     0.1
  16. Gurung ...........................     2.0     Other languages, including
  17. Limbu ............................     1.8     Majhi, Dhimal, Jhangar,
  18. Morang Pradesh dialects ..........     1.3     Kumkale, Thakali, Darai,
  19. Hindi ............................     1.0     Jirel, Byansi, Raji and
  20. Bhote (including Sherpa and                    Majwari ........................     0.5
  21.   Thakali) .......................     0.9
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  24. Source: Adapted from Nepal, Department of Statistics, Census of Population, Nepal,
  25.         1952/54 A.D., table 11.
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