Bote-Darai language

Not to be confused with Majhi language.

Bote-Darai
Native to	Nepal
Native speakers	20,000 (2011 census)^[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern? (unclassified) Kuswaric Bote-Darai
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `bmj` – Bote-Majhi `dry` – Darai
Glottolog	`bote1238` (Bote-Majhi)^[2] `dara1250` (Darai)^[3]

Bote (Bote-Majhi) and Darai are mutually intelligible tribal dialects of Nepal that are close to Danwar Rai but otherwise unclassified. Speakers are rapidly shifting to Nepali.

References

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

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