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Preferred term

bapBantawa  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Bantawa language is an endangered language group. It is a Tibeto-Burman language, Eastern Kiranti languages family, spoken in the eastern Himalayan hills of eastern Nepal by Rai ethnic groups. Bantawa speaking Population estimates vary between 20,000-60,000, though 35,000 speakers may be a more accurate count. It is experiencing Nepali language shift.

Entry terms

  • Bantawa language

ISO 639-3 code

  • bap

Notation

  • bap

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URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/bap

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