Bote-Darai language

Bote-Darai
Native to	Nepal
Native speakers	20,000 (2011 census)[1]
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-Majhi[2]; dara1250 Darai[3]

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

References

Bote-Majhi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Darai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bote-Majhi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Darai". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[e18-1] Bote-Majhi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Darai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bote-Majhi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Glottolog2-3] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Darai". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.