Raji is a small Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal and Uttarakhand, India. Speakers were until recently nomadic.
Raji | |
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Region | Nepal, India |
Native speakers | 3,800 (2011 census)[1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | rji |
Glottolog | raji1240 |
ELP | Raji |
Raji is spoken in the following areas of southwestern Nepal:[1]
It is also spoken by Raji people of Uttarakhand, India, primarily living in Pithoragarh district.
In Pithoragarh district, Rastogi (2015)[2] reports that Raji is spoken in the hamlets of Kimkhola, Bhogtirua, Ganagaon, Chipaltara, Madanbori, Kutachaurani, Altodi, Jamtadi, Khirdwari and Chakarpur.
Khatri (2008)[3] divides Raji into 3 main regional dialects, for which he also provides word lists.