ISO 639-3 · bapbap
Sino-Tibetan family
Bantawa
Bantawa is a language of the Kiranti branch (Sino-Tibetan), spoken in India and Nepal. Wikidata describes it as “Kiranti language spoken in the eastern Himalayan hills of eastern Nepal by Kirati Bantawa ethnic groups.”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bap- Glottocode
bant1281- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 15 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
2scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bantawa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Bantawa language, An Yüng, Bantaba, Bantawa Dum, Bantawa Yong |
| Written in | Kirat Rai, Devanagari |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Bantawa
The branches above Bantawa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in India
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalhinHindiIndo-European · 615.3 m1 · NationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalporPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalurdUrduunclassified · 162.6 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafebenBanglaIndo-European · 106 m1 · NationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmarMarathiunclassified · 77 m2 · ProvincialbhoBhojpuriIndo-European · 52.2 m4 · Educational