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The Kirat Rai Language and Literary Council


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The Kirat Rai Language and Literary Council aims to publish a comparative Rai dictionary of varied Rai languages (some of which are in danger of becoming extinct); document and publish the cultural and religious rites of the Rai people; carry out the linguistic survey of the Rai ethnic group; document and preserve the historical and religious monuments and places of the Rai ethnic group, and establish a historical museum of the Kirat community. Contact: Secretary Krishna Koyu Rai, Central Office, Damak-10 (B.B.Market), Jhapa, NEPAL; or Kirat Rai Yaykkha (Association), P.O. Box 2889, Bansbari, Kathmandu, NEPAL; fax. 00977-1-52 44 44.

The Himalayan Languages Project (iias.leidenuniv.nl/host/himalayastudies) preserves for posterity the languages of the greater Himalayan region.
Contact: G. L. van Driem, Director; DRIEM@rullet.LeidenUniv.nl.

http://www.terralingua.org/OrgsAsia.html

www.terralingua.org/OrgsAsia.html


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Date Mar. 24th 07:03 PM


Kiranti languages:

The Kiranti languages form a sub-group of the Tibeto-Burman language family, which is itself a branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages. The Kiranti family comprises thirty to forty languages spoken in the eastern Himalayas by ethnic Kiranti, principally in Nepal, but also, and to a lesser extent, in Bhutan and the extreme north of India.

The Kiranti languages are not widely spoken, and consequently, they are sparsely documented, having become the subject of systematic research only in the 1980s. Most speakers are bilingual in Nepali, with many of the younger generation speaking it preferentially.

With approximately 250,000 speakers, Limbu is the most widely-spoken member of the Kiranti languages, accounting for over half of the family's estimated 400,000 speakers.

Western Kiranti:

* Thulung
* Bahing
* Sunuwar
* Khaling
* Wambule
* Jero
* Dumi
* Hayu

Central Kiranti:

* Bantawa
* Puma
* Camling
* Dungmali
* Kulung
* Khotang

Eastern Kiranti:
* Athpare
* Belhare
* Chhintang
* Yamphu
* Mewahang
* Limbu


http://en.allexperts.com/ e/k/ki/kiranti_languages. htm

en.allexperts.com/e/k/ki/kiranti_languages.htm

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