Bote-Darai language

Bote-Darai
Native to Nepal
Native speakers
20,000 (2011 census)[1]
Indo-European
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

  1. Bote-Majhi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Darai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. 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.
  3. 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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