Bote-Darai language

Bote-Darai
Bote-Darai
Native to	Nepal
Ethnicity	Darai and Bote people
Native speakers	20,000 (2011 census)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Zone (Magadhan) Bihari (unclassified) Kuswaric Bote-Darai; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; bmj – Bote-Majhi; dry – Darai
Glottolog	bote1238 Bote; dara1250 Darai

Bote (Bote-Majhi) and Darai are mutually intelligible tribal dialects of Nepal that are close to Danwar Rai and Tharu languages but otherwise unclassified.^[2] Its speakers are rapidly shifting to Nepali.

References

^ Bote-Majhi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Darai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ "Darai language" (PDF).

[e25-1] Bote-Majhi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Darai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] "Darai language" (PDF).

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