Bantawa
[também conhecido como Kiranti, Rai, Bantawa Rai]Classificação: Sino-Tibetan
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Classificação: Sino-Tibetan
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Kiranti, Rai, Bantawa Rai, Bantaba, Bontawa, Bantawa Yüng, Bantawa Yong, Bantawa Dum, Rungchenbung, Rungchengbung, Rungchhenbung, Rungtśhenbung |
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Sino-Tibetan, Kiranti |
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As informações estão incompletas “Language use among the Bantawa: Homogeneity, education, access, and relative prestige” (41–54) . John Eppele (2011)
Eastern Bantawa has the strongest vitality whereas Northern Bantawa is endangered with speakers shifting to Nepali. Language shift to Nepali is caused mainly by low homogeneity and relative prestige.
Nepali
"Only 59% of the respondents states their children primarily use Bantawa when playing with their friends, with 30% stating their children mainly use Nepali. In addition, only 57% of the subjects said that they primarily speak with their own children in Bantawa. This may be an indication of language shift among the younger generation." (p. 49)
eastern hills of Nepal, mostly in Bhojpur and adjacent areas
As informações estão incompletas “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
"371,000 in Nepal (2001 census). Less than 5% monolinguals."
As informações estão incompletas “A Grammar of Bantawa : grammar, paradigm tables, glossary and texts of a Rai language of Eastern Nepal” . Doornenbal, Marius Albert (2009)
371,056 (2001 census)
"Not all speakers of Bantawa identify themselves as ethnic Bantawa Rai. Many speakers of Bantawa belong to another Kiranti group, e.g. Kulung or Chamling, who happen to have migrated to a Bantawa speaking area. Similarly, there are non-Kiranti inhabitants of Bhojpur of Indo-Aryan stock who speak Bantawa as a mother tongue. In Sindran, the last stronghold of Bantawa, the vast majority of the population identifies themselves as Kirawa `Kiranti' and speak Bantawa as a mother tongue." (p.7)
"[E]ven where Bantawa is quite vital and still passed on to the next generation, the pressure on the language from the national language Nepali is immense. Many Bantawa speakers switch code frequently and use many loans in everyday speech." (p.6)
Nepali
Nepali is the national language and serves as the medium for schooling.
Bhojpur district
As informações estão incompletas “South Asia and the Middle East” (283-348) . George van Driem (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
Was once the major language of the district, but speaker numbers are dwindling. Hardly any young people speak the language.