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Explore the languages of Nepal
This table ranks the languages of Nepal by their AI readiness, based on natural language processing resources, socioeconomic factors and digital infrastructure. Open any language to see where it is spoken and how ready it is for language technology.
AI readiness status
Where the 124 languages of Nepal stand in the global index
Not yet indexed(no data counted)70
Below 0.1%(critically low)9
0.1% – 1%(very low)39
1% and above(relatively ready)6
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central / Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur) | 1.70% | 0.04% | 3.30% | 37.96% |
| 2 | Central / Eastern Terai (Bara, Parsa, Rautahat, Sarlahi) | 1.68% | 0.04% | 4.18% | 32.64% |
| 3 | Central Terai (Bara, Parsa) | 1.68% | 0.04% | 4.18% | 32.64% |
| 4 | Eastern / Central Terai (Mithila region: Janakpur, Mahottari, Dhanusha, Siraha, Saptari) | 1.19% | 0.01% | 4.12% | 32.64% |
| 5 | Central Terai (Janakpur region) | 1.19% | 0.01% | 4.12% | 32.64% |
| 6 | Central & Western Terai | 1.13% | 0.01% | 4.21% | 34.80% |
| 7 | Central / Kathmandu Valley & Hill Districts | 0.75% | 0.01% | 3.19% | 37.96% |
| 8 | Eastern Hills (Sankhuwasabha, Taplejung, Panchthar, Ilam, Dhankuta) | 0.49% | 0.00% | 1.66% | 45.97% |
| 9 | Central Hills & High Himalayas (Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Sindhupalchok, Makwanpur) | 0.36% | 0.00% | 3.21% | 45.97% |
| 10 | High Himalayas (Solukhumbu, Taplejung, Dolakha, Mustang) | 0.23% | 0.00% | 1.64% | 45.97% |
| 11 | Eastern Hills (Solukhumbu) | 0.22% | 0.00% | 0.89% | 45.97% |
| 12 | High Himalayas (Mustang) | 0.20% | 0.00% | 0.75% | 36.68% |
| 13 | Eastern Hills (Sankhuwasabha) | 0.20% | 0.00% | 1.60% | 45.97% |
| 14 | Eastern Hills (Khotang) | 0.20% | 0.00% | 1.59% | 45.97% |
| 15 | High Himalayas (Sankhuwasabha) | 0.17% | 0.00% | 1.08% | 45.97% |
| 16 | Eastern Terai (Jhapa, Morang) | 0.16% | 0.00% | 1.18% | 45.97% |
| 17 | Central Terai & Inner Terai (Chitwan, Makwanpur, Bara, Parsa) | 0.16% | 0.00% | 1.07% | 37.96% |
| 18 | Eastern Hills (Panchthar, Taplejung) | 0.15% | 0.00% | 0.88% | 45.97% |
| 19 | Central Hills (Gorkha, Kaski, Syangja, Tanahun, Lamjung) | 0.15% | 0.00% | 0.93% | 45.97% |
| 20 | Eastern Hills (Solukhumbu) | 0.15% | 0.00% | 0.90% | 45.97% |
| 21 | Eastern Hills (Sankhuwasabha) | 0.15% | 0.00% | 0.88% | 45.97% |
| 22 | Eastern Hills (Sankhuwasabha) | 0.14% | 0.00% | 0.87% | 45.97% |
| 23 | Central Hills (Makwanpur, Chitwan, Dhading) | 0.14% | 0.00% | 0.84% | 37.96% |
| 24 | Central Hills (Dolakha) | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.80% | 37.96% |
| 25 | High Himalayas (Dolpa) | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.81% | 37.96% |
| 26 | High Himalayas (Dolpa) | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.75% | 39.93% |
| 27 | Eastern Hills (Khotang) | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.88% | 45.97% |
| 28 | Eastern Hills (Bhojpur) | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.88% | 45.97% |
| 29 | Eastern Hills (Khotang) | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.88% | 45.97% |
| 30 | High Himalayas (Taplejung) | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.88% | 45.97% |
| 31 | Eastern Hills (Okhaldhunga) | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.89% | 45.97% |
| 32 | Central Inner Terai (Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Tanahun) | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.79% | 36.68% |
| 33 | Mid-Western Hills (Jumla, Kalikot, Mugu) | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.74% | 39.93% |
| 34 | Eastern Hills (Solukhumbu, Okhaldhunga, Khotang, Bhojpur, Udayapur) | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.79% | 36.68% |
| 35 | Mid-Western Terai (Dang, Banke, Bardiya) | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.81% | 31.99% |
| 36 | Western & Mid-Western Hills (Surkhet, Dailekh, Jajarkot) | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.76% | 39.93% |
| 37 | High Himalayas (Dolpa - Upper Dolpa) | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.75% | 39.93% |
| 38 | Western Hills (Kaski, Tanahun) | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.79% | 36.68% |
| 39 | Western Hills (Baglung, Myagdi) | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.79% | 36.68% |
| 40 | High Himalayas (Mustang) | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.78% | 36.68% |
| 41 | High Himalayan Regions (Dolpa) | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.67% | 39.93% |
| 42 | High Himalayas (Manang) | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.74% | 36.68% |
| 43 | High Himalayas (Darchula - Vyas Valley) | 0.11% | 0.00% | 0.76% | 31.99% |
| 44 | Far-Western Hills & Terai (Dadeldhura, Kanchanpur) | 0.11% | 0.00% | 0.71% | 31.99% |
| 45 | Eastern Hills (Dhankuta) | 0.10% | 0.00% | 0.53% | 45.97% |
| 46 | Eastern Hills (Dhankuta) | 0.09% | 0.00% | 0.52% | 45.97% |
| 47 | Eastern Hills (Dhankuta) | 0.09% | 0.00% | 0.51% | 45.97% |
| 48 | Eastern Hills (Okhaldhunga) | 0.09% | 0.00% | 0.47% | 45.97% |
| 49 | Eastern Hills (Okhaldhunga) | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.47% | 37.96% |
| 50 | Eastern Terai (Sunsari) | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.42% | 39.93% |
| 51 | Western Hills (Pyuthan, Arghakhanchi, Dang) | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.42% | 39.93% |
| 52 | High Himalayas (Gorkha - Nubri Valley) | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.46% | 36.68% |
| 53 | Central Hills (Dhading) | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.40% | 36.68% |
| 54 | High Himalayas (Gorkha) | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.40% | 36.68% |
| 55 | Far-Western Hills (Achham) | — | — | — | — |
| 56 | Central Terai (Parsa, Bara) | — | — | — | — |
| 57 | Mid-Western & Far-Western Hills (Baitadi, Darchula) | — | — | — | — |
| 58 | Far-Western Hills (Bajhang) | — | — | — | — |
| 59 | Central & Eastern Terai (Mithila Region) | — | — | — | — |
| 60 | Central Hills (Kathmandu Valley & surrounds) | — | — | — | — |
| 61 | High Himalayas (Mustang - Baragaun region) | — | — | — | — |
| 62 | Eastern Hills (Dhankuta) | — | — | — | — |
| 63 | Central Inner Terai (Chitwan, Nawalparasi) | — | — | — | — |
| 64 | Far-Western Terai (Kailali) | — | — | — | — |
| 65 | Eastern Hills (Bhojpur, Khotang) | — | — | — | — |
| 66 | Far-Western Hills (Darchula) | — | — | — | — |
| 67 | Mid-Western Hills (Dailekh) | — | — | — | — |
| 68 | Western Terai (Kailali, Kanchanpur, Bardiya, Banke, Dang) | — | — | — | — |
| 69 | Central Terai (Sarlahi, Rautahat, Bara) | — | — | — | — |
| 70 | Far-Western Hills (Darchula) | — | — | — | — |
| 71 | Eastern Terai (Morang, Sunsari) | — | — | — | — |
| 72 | Far-Western Terai (Kailali, Kanchanpur) & Hills | — | — | — | — |
| 73 | Far-Western Hills (Doti) | — | — | — | — |
| 74 | Eastern Terai (Saptari, Siraha) | — | — | — | — |
| 75 | Eastern Terai (Jhapa, Morang) | — | — | — | — |
| 76 | High Himalayas (Manang) | — | — | — | — |
| 77 | High Himalayas (Humla) | — | — | — | — |
| 78 | Central Hills (Sindhupalchok) | — | — | — | — |
| 79 | Eastern Hills (Okhaldhunga, Bhojpur) | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Western Terai & Far-Western Terai | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Western Hills (Baglung) | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Eastern Terai (Siraha, Saptari) | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Eastern Terai (Jhapa) | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Eastern Terai (Morang) | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Eastern Terai (Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari) | — | — | — | — |
| 86 | Eastern Hills (Khotang) | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | Central Hills (Kaski, Tanahun) | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Central Terai (Rautahat, Bara) | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Western Hills (Gorkha) | — | — | — | — |
| 90 | Eastern Hills (Ilam, Panchthar) | — | — | — | — |
| 91 | High Himalayas (Mustang - Upper Mustang) | — | — | — | — |
| 92 | Central & Western Hills (Palpa, Gulmi, Arghakhanchi, Syangja, Baglung) | — | — | — | — |
| 93 | Mid-Western Hills (Rukum, Rolpa) | — | — | — | — |
| 94 | Central Inner Terai (Sindhuli, Makwanpur) | — | — | — | — |
| 95 | Central & Eastern Terai | — | — | — | — |
| 96 | Western Terai (Dang, Banke) | — | — | — | — |
| 97 | Eastern Terai (Jhapa) | — | — | — | — |
| 98 | Eastern Hills (Sankhuwasabha) | — | — | — | — |
| 99 | Eastern Terai (Jhapa) | — | — | — | — |
| 100 | Central & Eastern Terai | — | — | — | — |
| 101 | Eastern Hills (Solukhumbu) | — | — | — | — |
| 102 | High Himalayas (Manang - Nar and Phu valleys) | — | — | — | — |
| 103 | High Himalayas (Sankhuwasabha) | — | — | — | — |
| 104 | Central Hills (Gorkha) | — | — | — | — |
| 105 | Central Hills (Ramechhap, Sindhuli) | — | — | — | — |
| 106 | Eastern Hills (Dhankuta) | — | — | — | — |
| 107 | Mid-Western Hills (Pyuthan) | — | — | — | — |
| 108 | Central Terai & Inner Terai (Sindhuli, Udayapur, Makwanpur) | — | — | — | — |
| 109 | Mid-Western Hills (Rolpa) | — | — | — | — |
| 110 | Central Terai | — | — | — | — |
| 111 | Mid-Western Hills (Salyan) | — | — | — | — |
| 112 | Eastern Terai (Jhapa, Morang) | — | — | — | — |
| 113 | Central Hills (Kathmandu Valley) | — | — | — | — |
| 114 | Central Hills (Gorkha) | — | — | — | — |
| 115 | Central Hills (Dolakha, Ramechhap) | — | — | — | — |
| 116 | Eastern Hills (Sankhuwasabha) | — | — | — | — |
| 117 | Eastern Terai (Jhapa, Morang) | — | — | — | — |
| 118 | Central Hills (Dolakha) | — | — | — | — |
| 119 | High Himalayas (Humla, Mugu, Dolpa) | — | — | — | — |
| 120 | High Himalayas (Gorkha - Tsum Valley) | — | — | — | — |
| 121 | Eastern Terai (Jhapa, Morang) | — | — | — | — |
| 122 | Western Terai (Banke, Kapilvastu) | — | — | — | — |
| 123 | Central Inner Terai (Makwanpur, Parsa, Chitwan) | — | — | — | — |
| 124 | Central Hills (Ramechhap) | — | — | — | — |
Scores are readiness percentages from the global index of 6,000+ languages. “—” means the language is not yet covered by the global index — exactly the gap our corpus work is built to close.