Vayu language

This article is about the language spoken in Nepal. For the language of South America, see Wayuu language.

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Wayu
Hayu
Region	Janakpur Zone, Nepal
Native speakers	1,500 (2011 census)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Mahakiranti ? Kiranti ? Western Sunwari Wayu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`vay`
Glottolog	`wayu1241`^[2]

Vayu, Wayu, or Hayu is a language spoken by about 1740 people in the Janakpur Zone of Nepal.

References

↑ Wayu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Wayu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Bibliography

Boyd Michailovsky (1988) La langue hayu. Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
Boyd Michailovsky (2003) "Hayu". In Graham Thurgood & Randy LaPolla (eds.), The Sino-Tibetan Languages, 518–532. London & New York: Routledge.
George van Driem (2001) Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region. Brill.

Kiranti languages

Western	Thulung Wambule Jerung Khaling Dumi Koi Bahing Sunwar Vayu Tilung

Central	Kulung Nachhiring Sampang Saam Bantawa Puma Chamling Dungmali

Eastern	Yakkha Lumba-Yakkha Lambichhong Belhare Athpare Chintang Chulung Yamphu Lohorung Mewahang Waling? Limbu

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