Also Known As: Bantawa Language,Bantawa Yong,Bontawa,Bantawa Rai,Bantaba,Bantawa Dum,Kiranti,Bantawa Yüng
Description:
The Bantawa language is an endangered language group. It is a Tibeto-Burman language, Eastern Kiranti languages family, spoken in the eastern Himalayan hills of eastern Nepal by Rai ethnic groups.Bantawa speaking Population estimates vary between 20,000-60,000, though 35,000 speakers may be a more accurate count. It is experiencing Nepali language shift.
Bantawa is also reportedly in use as a lingua franca among Rai minorities in Himalayan India and Bhutan.
While the language is just being introduced in a few schools at the primary level (Year 1- Year 5) using Devanagari script...... full article at Wikipedia |