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Doteli, or Dotyali (Doteli-Devanagari: डोटेली) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 495,000 people, most of whom live in Nepal. It is a dialect of Khas , which is an ancient form of the modern Nepali language , and is written in the Devanagari script.
Doti was a medieval kingdom of Kumaon.It was founded by Niranjan Malla Dev, the last son of the Katyuri dynasty and younger brother of Abhay Pal of Askot.Previously, the area between Ramganga in the west and the Karnali River in the east was under the control of the Raikas (rulers of the Doti kingdom, alternately Kumaun or Rainka Maharaj).
Doti (Nepali: डोटी), also known as Dotigarh (डोटीगढ़) or the Far-Western Development Region was a development region of Nepal situated between River Kali bordering Kumaon division of Uttarakhand, India in the west and the Karnali river on the east. [2] Doti was one of eight different princely states of the Katyuri Kingdom.
Nepali is spoken by an estimated 29,100,000 people in Nepal, 265,000 people in Bhutan, and 2,500,000 people in India. It is an official language in Nepal and India. [4] Jumli is spoken by an estimated 40,000 people in the Karnali zone of Nepal. [5] Doteli spoken by an estimated 1 million people in far west Nepal.
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Shikhar Municipality had a population of 32,326.Of these, 97.8% spoke Doteli, 1.9% Nepali, 0.1% Maithili, 0.1% Bhojpuri and 0.1% other languages as their first language.
Ethnic groups in Nepal are delineated using language, ... Doteli 494864 1.7 11 Urdu 413785 1.42 12 Yakthung/Limbu 350436 1.2 13 Gurung 328074 1.12 14 Magahi
The spoken language is Doteli (Dotyali) and the majority of inhabitants are Hindu. Dadeldhura is one of the most developed district among the other hilly districts in the far western region. Dadeldhura is the hometown of former prime minister of Nepal Hon. Sher Bahadur Deuba.
During the time of prime minister Bir Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1885–1901), Nepal was divided into 32 districts and Doti, Palpa and Dhankuta were 3 gaunda (Nepali: गौंडा, "cantonment"). Hilly region had 20 districts and Terai had 12 districts.