Baram language

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

Baram (Baraamu, Bhramu) is a small 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

1 2 Baram at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Baraamu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Sino-Tibetan branches

Western Himalayas

Eastern Himalayas

Naga Hills

Karbi
Kukish (aka Chin, Zo)
Mruic

"Naga"	Ao Angami–Pochuri Meithei Tangkhul Zeme

Sal	Bodo–Koch Konyak Dhimal Kachin–Luic

East Asia

Sinitic (Chinese, Bai)
Tujia
Karenic
Nungish
Pyu

Burmo-Qiangic	Lolo-Burmese Naic Qiangic (rGyalrongic) Ersu

Dubious (possible isolates)

Proposed groupings

Proto-languages

Proto-Tibeto-Burman
Proto-Loloish

Languages of Nepal

Official languages	Nepali

Regional languages	Awadhi Bajjika Bhojpuri Doteli Kiranti Kumaoni Magar Maithili Newar Sherpa Sunwar Tamang Tharu

Sign languages	Nepali Sign Language Ghandruk Sign Language Jhankot Sign Language Jumla Sign Language

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