Raji language

Raji
Region	Nepal
Native speakers	3,800 (2011 census)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Raji–Raute Raji
Dialects	Barh Bandale Naukule Purbiya
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`rji`
Glottolog	`raji1240`^[2]

Raji is a small Tibeto-Burman language of Nepal. Speakers were recently nomadic.

Distribution

Raji is spoken in the following areas of Nepal:^[1]

Bheri Zone: Surkhet, Banke, and Bardiya districts
Seti Zone: Kailali District
Mahakali Zone: Kanchanpur District

References

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

Languages of Nepal

Official language

Nepali

Indigenous
languages

Sino-Tibetan

Kiranti	Bahing Bantawa Belhare Chamling Limbu Sampang Sunwar Thulung Vayu Waling Yakkha

Magaric	Bhujel Chepang Dura Kham Magar

Tamangic	Chantyal Gurung Manang Tamang

Tibetic	Jirel Kyirong-Kagate Mugomt Naapa Sherpa Sikkimese Yolmo

Other	Baram Dhimal Kaike Lepcha Newar Raji Raute Thangmi

Indo-Aryan

Other

Sign languages

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