Rai language

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Rai language may refer to:

  • Rai languages or Kiranti languages, a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Nepal, India and Bhutan by Kirat Rai people
    • Bantawa language, a Kiranti language spoken in Nepal, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Kalimpong and Bhutan
    • Chamling language, a Kiranti language spoken in parts of Nepal and Darjeeling, Sikkim, Kalimpong and Southern Bhutan
    • Thulung language, a Kiranti language spoken in parts of Nepal and Sikkim
  • Dewas Rai language, an unclassified Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of Nepal

See also[edit]

  • Rai Coast languages, a family of languages in the Madang stock of New Guinea, not related to Rai languages or Dewas Rai
  • Rai people, an indigenous ethnolinguistic group of Nepal and some north eastern regions of India
  • Sakela, festival of Kirat Rai people