how many languages are spoken in nepal

There are between 124 and 129 languages spoken in Nepal. According to the 2021 National Population and Housing Census, 124 languages are spoken as mother tongues in Nepal. However, linguistic research sources like Ethnologue list 129 living languages in Nepal. Most of these languages belong to several language families including Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, Austro-Asiatic, Dravidian, and a language isolate called Kusunda. Nepali is the official language and the most widely spoken language in the country.