Baram language

Baram
	Baraamu
Region	Nepal
Ethnicity	7,400 (2001 census)[1]
Native speakers	160 (2011 census)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Newaric Baram–Thangmi Baram; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	brd
Glottolog	bara1357[2]

Baram (Baraamu, Bhramu) is a critically endangered Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal. Speakers are shifting to Nepali. Dialects are Dandagaun and Mailung.

Locations

Baram is spoken in Dandagaun and Mailung VDCs in central and southern Gorkha District, Gandaki Zone, and in Takhu village up the Doraundi Khola (east side above Chorgate, near Kumhali) (Ethnologue). There are possibly about 7 villages in Dhading District.

References

Baram at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Baraamu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[e18-1] Baram at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Baraamu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.