Raute is a small
Sino-Tibetan
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language of
Dadeldhura District
Dadeldhura, a part of Sudurpashchim Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Dadeldhura as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 126,162 in 2001 and 142,094 in 2011.
The regio ...
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Sudurpashchim Province
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, Nepal. Some speakers are nomadic.
Alternate names include Boto boli, Khamchi, Raji, Rajwar, Ra’te, Rautya, Rautye (''
Ethnologue
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Geographical distribution
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'' lists the following locations for historical and present locations of the Raute.
*Jogbudha and Sirsa
VDC's,
Dadeldhura District
Dadeldhura, a part of Sudurpashchim Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Dadeldhura as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 126,162 in 2001 and 142,094 in 2011.
The regio ...
,
Sudurpashchim Province
Sudurpashchim Province ( ne, सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश, ''Sudurpashchim Province'') (''Far-West Province'') is one of the seven provinces established by the new constitution of Nepal which was adopted on 20 September ...
: in Karnali and Mahakali (Kali) rivers watershed regions (800 settled)
*Former nomadic camp in
Surkhet district
Surkhet District ( ne, सुर्खेत जिल्ला, ) is a district in Karnali Province of mid-western Nepal. Surkhet is the one of the ten Districts of Nepal, districts of Karnali located about west of the national capital Kathmandu ...
,
Karnali Province
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*Midwest and far west forest regions (about 25 nomads).
References
Raji–Raute languages
Languages of Nepal
Languages of Sudurpashchim Province
Languages of Karnali Province
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