Raji language
| Raji | |
|---|---|
| Region | Nepal |
Native speakers | 3,800 (2011 census)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
rji |
| Glottolog |
raji1240[2] |
Raji is a small Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal. Speakers were recently nomadic.
Distribution
Raji is spoken in the following areas of southwestern Nepal:[1]
- Bheri Zone: Surkhet, Banke, and Bardiya districts
- Seti Zone: Kailali District
- Mahakali Zone: Kanchanpur District
Dialects
Khatri (2008)[3] divides Raji into 3 main regional dialects, for which he also provides word lists.
- Barabandale: spoken in Jyotinagar, Katasi, Lalbojhi, Kuti, Bhuruwa, Solta, Khairehi, and Keodi of Kailali District; Sundarpur, Bandevi Sibir, Daiji, and Chela Sibir of Kanchanpur District; and Rajigaun, Galfa, and Babiyachaur of Surkhet District.
- Purbiya: spoken in Jhil and Kuchaini of Chaumala, Shankarpur of Masuriya, Jarahi of Sadepani, Dhangaghi Municipality and Manera. All are located within Kailali District.
- Naukule: spoken in Pokharikanda, Buti, Chepang, Kunatharigaun, Bachhi, Kuta, Taranga, Uttarganga of Surkhet District; and Shankarpur, Machhagadh, Baniyabhar, Rambhapur, Dhakela, Dhadhawar, Sanoshree, Gulariya Municipality and Phanphena of Bardiya District.
References
- 1 2 Raji at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Raji". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Khatri, Ramesh. 2008. The structure of verbs and sentences of Raji. MA thesis, Kirtipur: Tribhuvan University.
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