Mother Tongue Asia
Asia
Cambodia
- Status
- Yes
- Year
- 2019
- Form
- General Population Census of Cambodia — Form B, Part 2 Individual Particulars
- Question
- Column 9
Responses:
| Response / code | Option |
|---|---|
| 01–29 | Coded mother-tongue list; Khmer and other named language categories plus Other |
Question type: 1 — coded mother-tongue item
Notes: Mother Tongue is a dedicated person-level column in the supplied form.
Source: Cambodia
Indonesia
- Status
- Yes
- Year
- 2020
- Form
- Population Census 2020 — SP2020-C2 Long Form
- Question
- P423
Responses:
| Response / code | Option |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bahasa Indonesia |
| 2 | Bahasa Daerah |
| 3 | Bahasa Asing |
| 4 | Bahasa Isyarat |
Question type: 1 — first-language question
Notes: This is the clearest explicit first-language item in the supplied Indonesian census form.
Source: 2020 Long Form
Kazakhstan
- Status
- Yes
- Year
- 2021
- Form
- National Population Census — Individual (Index 3-I)
- Question
- Q12
Responses:
| Response / code | Option |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakh |
| 2 | Russian |
| 3 | Other — specify |
Question type: 1 — native-language categories with other write-in
Notes: Q12 is an explicit native-language question.
Source: 2021 Individual Form
Kyrgyzstan
- Status
- Yes
- Year
- 2022
- Form
- Population and Housing Census — Form 2
- Question
- Q10.1
Responses:
| Response / code | Option |
|---|---|
| 11 | Kyrgyz |
| 5 | Kazakh |
| 1 | Russian |
| 12 | Tajik |
| 4 | Uzbek |
| Other | Other language — specify which language |
Question type: 1 — coded mother-tongue item plus other-language write-in
Notes: The supplied English questionnaire explicitly labels Q10.1 YOUR MOTHER TONGUE.
Source: 2022 Census Forms (English)
Nepal
- Status
- Yes
- Year
- 2021
- Form
- National Population and Housing Census — Main Questionnaire
- Question
- Individual Information
Responses:
| Response / code | Option |
|---|---|
| Response structure | Coded language list in the Nepali questionnaire |
Question type: 1 — coded mother-tongue item
Notes: The English documentation explicitly identifies mother tongue as an individual characteristic.
Source: Nepal 2021 questionnaire
Pakistan
- Status
- Yes
- Year
- 2023
- Form
- 7th Population & Housing Census — Census Form 2
- Question
- Mother tongue item
Responses:
| Response / code | Option |
|---|---|
| Listed languages | Urdu; Punjabi; Sindhi; Pushto; Balochi; Kashmiri; Saraiki; Hindko; Brahvi; Shina; Balti; Mehwati; Kalasha; Kohistani; Others |
Question type: 1 — coded mother-tongue item
Notes: The 2023 report explicitly identifies mother tongue as a census variable and gives the detailed categories; five languages (Shina, Balti, Mehwati, Kalasha, Kohistani) were added for the first time in 2023.
Source: Pakistan 2023 individual form
Taiwan
- Status
- Yes
- Year
- 2020
- Form
- 2020 Population and Housing Census — questionnaire / glossary
- Question
- Language usage — earliest learned in childhood
Responses:
| Response / code | Option |
|---|---|
| Definition | The language earliest learned after birth |
Question type: 1 — first/earliest-learned language item
Notes: The supplied glossary explicitly defines this component of Taiwan's language-usage questionnaire item. It is included here as a first-language/mother-tongue equivalent.
Source: Taiwan 2020 question glossary
Timor-Leste
- Status
- Yes
- Year
- 2022
- Form
- Population and Housing Census — Module E: Individual information
- Question
- Mother tongues
Responses:
| Response / code | Option |
|---|---|
| Language response | Select at least one and no more than two languages from the list |
| Examples | Atauran; Bahasa Indonesia; Adabe; Tetun Prasa; Tetun Terik; Portuguese; Other language |
Question type: 3 — multiple mother-tongue/first-language question
Notes: The questionnaire identifies this block as Mother tongues and asks which languages were learned as a child.