▁Nep al . ▁ ▁Other ▁languages , ▁particularly ▁in ▁the ▁Inner ▁T era i ▁hill ▁and ▁mountain ▁regions , ▁are ▁rem n ants ▁of ▁the ▁country ' s ▁pre - un ification ▁history ▁of ▁do z ens ▁of ▁political ▁entities ▁isolated ▁by ▁mountains ▁and ▁g org es . ▁These ▁languages ▁typically ▁are ▁limited ▁to ▁an ▁area ▁sp anning ▁about ▁one ▁day ' s ▁walk . ▁ ▁Bey ond ▁that ▁distance , ▁dialect s ▁and ▁languages ▁lose ▁mut ual ▁intellig ibility . ▁Since ▁Nep al ' s ▁un ification , ▁various ▁ind igen ous ▁languages ▁have ▁come ▁under ▁threat ▁of ▁ext inction ▁as ▁the ▁government ▁of ▁Nep al ▁has ▁marg inal ized ▁their ▁use ▁through ▁strict ▁policies ▁designed ▁to ▁promote ▁Nep ali ▁as ▁the ▁official ▁language . ▁Ind igen ous ▁languages ▁which ▁have ▁gone ▁ext inct ▁or ▁are ▁crit ically ▁threatened ▁include ▁By ang si , ▁Ch onk ha , ▁and ▁Long aba . ▁Since ▁dem ocracy ▁was ▁restored ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁however , ▁the ▁government ▁has ▁worked ▁to ▁improve ▁the ▁marg inal ization ▁of ▁these ▁languages . ▁Trib hu van ▁University ▁began ▁surve ying ▁and ▁recording ▁threatened ▁languages ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁and ▁the ▁government ▁int ends ▁to ▁use ▁this ▁information ▁to ▁include ▁more ▁languages ▁on ▁the ▁next ▁Nep al ese ▁census . ▁ ▁Religion ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁census , ▁ 8 1 . 3 % ▁of ▁the ▁Nep al ese ▁population ▁was ▁H indu , ▁ 9 . 0 %