Rai language

Rai language may refer to:

  • Rai is languages or Kiranti languages, a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Nepal, India and Bhutan by Rai people.
    • Bantawa language, a Kiranti language spoken in Nepal, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Kalimpong and Bhutan
    • Chamling language, a Kiranti language spoken in parts of Nepal and Darjeeling, Sikkim, Kalimpong and Southern Bhutan
    • Thulung language, a Kiranti language spoken in parts of Nepal and Sikkim
    • Bahing Language, a Kiranti language spoken in the eastern part of Nepal, particularly Okhaldhunga and Solukhumbu districts. There are a few Bahing communities in Khotang and Terhathum.
    • Khaling Language - a Kiranti Language spoken in the northern part of Solukhumbu district
    • Kulung Language - a Kiranti Language spoken in the north-west part of Solukhumbu district

See also

  • Rai Coast languages, a family of languages in the Madang stock of New Guinea, not related to Rai languages or Dewas Rai
  • Rai people, an indigenous ethnolinguistic group of Nepal and some north eastern regions of India
  • Sakela, festival of Kirat Rai people
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