Danwar language

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Danwar
Danuwar Children.jpg
Native toNepal
Native speakers
46,000 (2011 census)[1]
Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-3
dhw – Dhanwar
Glottologdhan1265  -Done Danuwar
koch1253  Kochariya-East Danuwar
ELPDhanwar

Danwar (also rendered Danuwar, Denwar, Dhanvar, Dhanwar) is a language spoken in parts of Nepal by an Indo-Aryan ethnic group of fifty thousand. It is close to Bote-Darai but otherwise unclassified within the Indo-Aryan languages. A variety called Danwar Rai, It is not related to the Rai of the Tibeto-Burman family.

References[]

  1. ^ Dhanwar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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