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Raji–Raute Languages
Raji–Raute is a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family that includes the three closely related languages, namely Raji language, Raji, Raute language, Raute, and Rawat language, Rawat. They are spoken by small hunter-gatherer communities in the Terai region of Nepal and in neighboring Uttarakhand, India. Like some other Tibeto-Burman languages, Raji–Raute languages have voicelessness, voiceless sonorants. Classification Raute and Rawat are closely related; Raji is more distantly related.Fortier, JanaCreating an Orthography for the Raute and Rawat Fortier classifies the Raji–Raute languages as follows. Note that language varieties that classify within the Rawat subgroup are known by various names; Raute of Dadeldhura/Darchula is taxonomically a Rawat language, and is not to be confused with Raute language, Raute proper. ;Raji–Raute *Raute–Rawat **Raute language, Raute (nomadic groups) **Rawat language, Rawat ***Rajwar (spoken in Khirdwari) ***Rawat ****Rawat (also kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China China–Nepal border, to the north, and India India–Nepal border, to the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a Geography of Nepal, diverse geography, including Terai, fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten List of highest mountains#List, tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and List of cities in Nepal, its largest city. Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious, and multi-cultural state, with Nepali language, Nepali as the official language. The name "Nepal" is first record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |