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Nepal's diverse linguistic heritage evolved from 2 major language groups: Indo-European languages, Tibeto-Burman languages. Nepal's languages are mostly either Indo-European or Sino-Tibetan, while only a very few of them are Austro-Asiatic and Dravidian.
Nepali (also Nepalese; Nepali: नेपाली) are the citizens of Nepal under Nepali nationality law.
With distinct climatic conditions and geographic differences, Nepalese people have unique features in terms of human social diversity and their customs. Above them, eighty percent of Nepalese follow Hinduism, while rest of the population worships Buddhism and other local religions.
PEOPLE OF NEPAL. The citizens of Nepal are Nepalese. which means that a member of any ethnic group that lives in Nepal is Nepalese. The term Nepali generally refers to the dominant language of Nepal and to people who have historically been associated with the kingdom of Nepal.
Nepal has a population of more than 26 million people, made up of over 40 different races and tribes. The country offers such diversity that the visitor may experience any lifestyle from the stone age, in far west and high hills, to the jet age of Kathmandu.
Political scientists Joshi and Rose broadly classify the Nepalese population into three major ethnic groups in terms of their origin: Indo-Nepalese, Tibeto-Nepalese, and indigenous Nepalese.
