▁ 9 3 rd ▁category ▁was ▁" un spec ified "). ▁Based ▁upon ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁census , ▁the ▁major ▁languages ▁spoken ▁in ▁Nep al ▁( percent age ▁spoken ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁mother ▁tongue ▁language ) ▁includes ▁ ▁Nep ali ▁( der ived ▁from ▁K has ▁b has a ) ▁is ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁Ind o - Europe an ▁language ▁and ▁is ▁written ▁in ▁De van ag ari ▁script . ▁Nep ali ▁was ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁house ▁of ▁G ork has ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 th ▁century ▁and ▁became ▁the ▁official , ▁national ▁language ▁that ▁serves ▁as ▁the ▁ling ua ▁fran ca ▁among ▁Nep al ese ▁of ▁different ▁eth n ol ingu istic ▁groups . ▁Ma ith ili ▁language — al ong ▁with ▁regional ▁dialect s ▁A wad hi ▁and ▁B ho jp uri — are ▁mother ▁tongue ▁Nep al ese ▁languages ▁and ▁spoken ▁in ▁the ▁southern ▁T era i ▁Region . ▁ ▁There ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁sur ge ▁in ▁the ▁number ▁and ▁percentage ▁of ▁people ▁who ▁understand ▁English . ▁Major ity ▁of ▁the ▁urban ▁and ▁a ▁significant ▁number ▁of ▁the ▁rural ▁schools ▁are ▁English - medium ▁schools . ▁High er ▁education ▁in ▁technical , ▁medical , ▁scientific ▁and ▁engineering ▁fields ▁are ▁entirely ▁in ▁English . ▁Nep al ▁B has a , ▁the ▁mother - t ong ue ▁of ▁the ▁New ars , ▁is ▁widely ▁used ▁and ▁spoken ▁in ▁and ▁around ▁Kath m and u ▁Valley ▁and ▁in ▁major ▁New ar ▁trade ▁towns ▁across