Raji

Facts

  • Language: Raji
  • Alternate names: Rajibar
  • Language code: rji
  • Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Western Tibeto-Burman, Himalayan, Central Himalayan, Raute-Raji (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 472 (in India)
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script: Devanagari script.

More information:

    The Raji were a nomadic group, but now settled. Sharma (1990) identifies Raji in India (perhaps Bodo Gadaba (See: [[Gadaba, Bodo]])) as a Munda language with borrowings from Tibeto-Burman and Indo-Aryan. Barh Bandale dialect is the most prestigious. May be the same as Rawat (See: [[Rawat]]) in India. Traditional religion, Hindu, Buddhist, Christian.

    Raji is spoken in India, Nepal, South Asia.