Editing Multinational state (section)

==== Nepal ====
{{further|Ethnic groups in Nepal}}
[[File:Nepal-ethnic-groups-map.jpg|200px|thumb| Ethnic groups in Nepal]]
[[Nepal]] is a multi-ethnic country with over 100 ethnic groups. Most ethnic groups fall into one of two categories and either speak [[Indo-Aryan languages]] or [[Sino-Tibetan languages]]. The official language of the country is [[Nepali language|Nepali]], earlier known as Gorkhali in the [[Kingdom of Nepal]], which is part of the Indo-Aryan group and is the spoken by majority of the population. 

The [[Indo-Aryan languages]] languages are spoken by [[Madhesi people]] ( [[Maithili people|Maithili]], [[Bhojpuri people| Bhojpuri]], [[Awadhi people| Awadhi]]) and [[Tharu people| Tharu]] ethnic groups which constitutes majority of the speakers in southern Nepal in the [[Terai]] region.<ref name="worldatlas.com">{{cite web |last1=Sen Nag |first1=Oishimaya |title=What Languages Are Spoken In Nepal? |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-languages-are-spoken-in-nepal.html |website=WorldAtlas |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> The people who speak [[Sino-Tibetan languages]] includes [[Tamang people|Tamang]], [[Newar people|Newari]], [[Magar people| Magar]], [[Gurung people| Gurung]], [[Kiranti]] and [[Sherpa people| Sherpa]] ethnic groups in central and northern Nepal.<ref name="worldatlas.com"/> Much of the ethnic groups migrated from neighbouring countries over the centuries from [[India]] and [[Tibet]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite journal|last1=Massey|first1=Douglas S.|last2=Axinn|first2=William G.|date=August 2010|title=Environmental change and out-migration: evidence from Nepal|journal=Population and Environment|volume=32|issue=2–3|pages=109–136|doi=10.1007/s11111-010-0119-8|pmid=21350676|pmc=3042700}}</ref>