Bhj

Also Known As: Rumdali,Baing,Bayung Lo,Bayung,Baying,Bahing Lo,Bainge Rai Description:   Bahing (also known as Rumdali) is a language spoken by 2,765 people (2001 census) of the Bahing ethnic group in the Okhaldhunga district of Nepal and belongs to the family of Kiranti languages, a subgroup of Tibeto-Burman. The Bahing language was described by Brian Houghton Hodgson (1857, 1858) as having a very complex verbal morphology. By the 1970s, only vestiges were left, making Bahing a case study of grammatical attrition and language death. Bahing and the related Khaling language have synchronic ten-vowel systems. The difference of [mərə] "monkey" vs. [mɯrɯ] "man" is difficult to perceive for speakers of even neighboring dialects, which makes for "an unlimited source of fun to the Bahing people" (de Boer 2002 PDF). Hodgson (1857) reported a middle voice formed by a suffix -s(i) added to the verbal stem, corresponding to reflexives in other Kiranti languages (Opgenort.nl)...... full article at Wikipedia Location of Bahing Language Speakers http://llmap.org/languages/bhj/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png

Overview Main Country: Nepal Spoken In: Regions: Asia ISO 639-3 Code: bhj Classification Taxonomy All Languages   Sino-Tibetan Group     Tibeto-Burman Group       Himalayish Group         Mahakiranti Group           Kham-Magar-Chepang-Sunwari Group             Sunwari Group               Bahing Language