Bote-Darai language

Bote-Darai
Native to	Nepal
Native speakers	20,000 (2011 census)^[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern? (unclassified) Kuswaric Bote-Darai
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `bmj` – Bote-Majhi `dry` – Darai
Glottolog	`bote1238` Bote-Majhi^[2] `dara1250` Darai^[3]

Bote (Bote-Majhi) and Darai are mutually intelligible tribal dialects of Nepal that are close to Danwar Rai but otherwise unclassified. Speakers are rapidly shifting to Nepali.

References

↑ Bote-Majhi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Darai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Bote-Majhi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Darai". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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