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25,097

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Language Information By Source

South Asia and the Middle East
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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

25,097

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Ethnic Population

36656

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Nepal

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Location description

Makvanpur, Citvan, and Dhadin districts

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Makvanpur, Citvan, and Dhadin districts

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Forest habitat is now largely uninhabitable, people are being assimilated into Nepalese society.

Vulnerable

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36,807

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Nepal

Coordinates

27.7552,84.8144

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

30,000

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Year of info

2000

Location and Context

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Nepal

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Makwanpur, Chitwan and the southern parts of the Gorkha and Dhading districts of southwestern central Nepal

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Makwanpur, Chitwan and the southern parts of the Gorkha and Dhading districts of southwestern central Nepal

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Nepali

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Native Speakers Worldwide

36,800

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Ethnic Population

52,237

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Data for the ethnic population is from the 2001 census.

Year of info

2009

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Nepal

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

27.6666666667,84.75

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36,807

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