Indo-Aryan language

Doteli

डोटेली

Doteli is spoken as a mother tongue by 494,864 people in Nepal — 1.7% of the population and the 10th most-spoken language in the country (Census 2021).

Speakers

494,864

Mother tongue (2021)

Share of Nepal

1.7%

Language family

Indo-Aryan

Rank

#10

By mother-tongue speakers

Indo-Aryan family

Related languages

← All 124 languages of Nepal

Questions

Doteli, answered

How many people speak Doteli in Nepal?+

Doteli is the mother tongue of 494,864 people in Nepal — 1.7% of the population (Census 2021).

What language family does Doteli belong to?+

Doteli is a Indo-Aryan language. The Indo-European (Indo-Aryan) family covers 83.07% of Nepal's population.

Sources & data note

All population, ethnicity, language and religion figures are the final published counts of the National Population and Housing Census 2021 (National Statistics Office). The NSO enumerates 142 caste/ethnic groups and 124 mother tongues; entries for 'others/foreigners/not stated' explain small residuals. Where community-chosen names replaced older census labels (Bishwokarma for Kami, Pariyar for Damai/Dholi, Mijar for Sarki), both are shown. Language-family shares follow the NSO's own table (Indo-Aryan 83.07%, Sino-Tibetan 16.59%); some secondary sources round differently.