Raji | |
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Region | Nepal, India |
Native speakers | 3,800 (2011 census)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | rji |
Glottolog | raji1240 |
ELP | Raji |
Raji is a small Sino-Tibetan language of Nepal and Uttarakhand, India. Speakers were until recently nomadic.
Raji is spoken in the following areas of southwestern Nepal:[1]
It is also spoken by Raji people of Uttarakhand, India, primarily living in Pithoragarh district.
In Pithoragarh district, Rastogi (2015)[2] reports that Raji is spoken in the hamlets of Kimkhola, Bhogtirua, Ganagaon, Chipaltara, Madanbori, Kutachaurani, Altodi, Jamtadi, Khirdwari and Chakarpur.
Khatri (2008)[3] divides Raji into 3 main regional dialects, for which he also provides word lists.
Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Plosive | plain | p b | t d | ʈ ɖ | tʃ dʒ | k g | |
aspirated | pʰ bʱ | tʰ dʱ | ʈʰ ɖʱ | tʃʰ dʒʱ | kʰ gʱ | ||
Fricative | s | x | h | ||||
Nasal | plain | m | n | ɳ | ŋ | ||
preaspirated | ʱm | ʱn | |||||
Approximant | plain | w | l | r | j | ||
preaspirated | ʱl | ʱr | ʱj |
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i ĩ | u ũ | |
Mid | e ẽ | ə ə̃ | o õ |
Low | ɛ ɛ̃ | a ã |
Magaric | |
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Chepangic | |
Raji-Raute | |
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