The official language of Nepal is Nepali. Nepali, which is an Indo-Aryan language, serves as the primary means of communication not just for governmental and administrative purposes but also in educational and media contexts across the country. It is the native language of a significant portion of the population but is also spoken alongside many regional languages, reflecting Nepal's rich cultural diversity. The script used for writing Nepali is Devanagari, which is the same script used for several other languages in the region, including Hindi and Sanskrit.