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Name: Bantawa

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Kiranti; Rai; Bantawa Rai; Bantaba; Bontawa; Bantawa YÃ¼ng; Bantawa Yong; Bantawa Dum; Rungchenbung; Rungchengbung; Rungchhenbung; Rungtśhenbung

Spoken in: Nepal

Number of speakers: 371,000 in Nepal (2001 census). Less than 5% monolinguals. Population total all countries: 390,200 (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 371056 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 371056 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: bap

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Sino-Tibetan

Parent Subgroup: Eastern; Bontawa Unit; Eastern Kiranti (ekir)

Child Dialects: Intermediate Bantawa (bap-int) Western Bantawa; Amchoke; Amchauke (bap-wes) Eastern Bantawa; Dhankuta (bap-eas)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Vulnerable

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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