Bantawa
Kiranti; Rai; Bantawa Rai; Bantaba; Bontawa; Bantawa Yüng; Bantawa Yong; Bantawa Dum; Rungchenbung; Rungchengbung; Rungchhenbung; Rungtśhenbung
Sino-Tibetan; Kiranti
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2011
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eastern hills of Nepal, mostly in Bhojpur and adjacent areas
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eastern hills of Nepal, mostly in Bhojpur and adjacent areas
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"Only 59% of the respondents states their children primarily use Bantawa when playing with their friends, with 30% stating their children mainly use Nepali. In addition, only 57% of the subjects said that they primarily speak with their own children in Bantawa. This may be an indication of language shift among the younger generation." (p. 49)
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371,056 (2001 census)
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"Not all speakers of Bantawa identify themselves as ethnic Bantawa Rai. Many speakers of Bantawa belong to another Kiranti group, e.g. Kulung or Chamling, who happen to have migrated to a Bantawa speaking area. Similarly, there are non-Kiranti inhabitants of Bhojpur of Indo-Aryan stock who speak Bantawa as a mother tongue. In Sindran, the last stronghold of Bantawa, the vast majority of the population identifies themselves as Kirawa `Kiranti' and speak Bantawa as a mother tongue." (p.7)
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"371,000 in Nepal (2001 census). Less than 5% monolinguals."
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Was once the major language of the district, but speaker numbers are dwindling. Hardly any young people speak the language.
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- A Grammar of Bantawa : grammar, paradigm tables, glossary and texts of a Rai language of Eastern NepalDoornenbal, Marius. 2009. A grammar of Bantawa: Grammar, paradigm tables, glossary and texts of a Rai language of Eastern Nepal. PhD dissertation. Leiden University. 513pp.http://hdl.handle.net/1887/14326
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