Rai language
Appearance
Rai language may refer to:
- Rai languages or Kiranti languages, a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Nepal, India and Bhutan by Rai people.
Rai Languages Clusters distribution in Eastern Nepal Province No. 1 : Include: Bantawa, Chamling, Kulung, Thulung, Athpahariya, Dungmali, Lohorung, Yamphu, Mewahang, Sampang, Jerung, Bahing, Tilung, Wambule, Dumi, Puma, Chhiling Phangduwali, Chhintang, Nachhiring and Koiyu. - Bantawa language, a Kiranti language spoken in Nepal, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Kalimpong and Bhutan
- Chamling language, a Kiranti language spoken in parts of Nepal and Darjeeling, Sikkim, Kalimpong and Southern Bhutan
- Thulung language, a Kiranti language spoken in parts of Nepal and Sikkim
- Bayung Language, a Kiranti language spoken in the eastern part of Nepal, particularly Okhaldhunga and Solukhumbu districts. There are a few Bayung communities in Khotang and Terhathum.
- Khaling Language - a Kiranti Language spoken in the northern part of Solukhumbu district
- Kulung Language - a Kiranti Language spoken in the north-west part of Solukhumbu district
See also
[edit]- Rai Coast languages, a family of languages in the Madang stock of New Guinea, not related to Rai languages or Dewas Rai
- Rai people, an indigenous ethnolinguistic group of Nepal and some north eastern regions of India
- Sakela, festival of Kirat Rai people