of Nepal (percent spoken as mother tongue)  are  Nepali  (49%),  Maithili  (12%),  Bhojpuri  (8%),  Tharu  (6%),  Tamang  (5%),  Newari / Nepal Bhasa  (4%),  Magar  (3%),  Awadhi  (2%),  Thulung  ( Rai ) (3%), Bantawa  (2%),  Limbu  (1%), and  Bajjika  (1%). The remaining languages are  each spoken as mother tongue by less than