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ALSO KNOWN AS		Rautye, Harka Gurung, Khamchi, Boto Boli, Bot̪o Boli, Khāmci
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Raji-Raute
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		rau
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Most of the Raute are foraging people of the Himalaya ridges, and their language is linguistically close to Raji and Banraji.

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Information from: “Kings of the Forest: The Cultural Resilience of Himalayan Hunter-Gatherers” . Fortier, Jana (2009) University of Hawai'i Press

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
700
Native speakers worldwide

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SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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Most of the Raute refuse to settle down and they don't go to school. Therefore, they remain illiterate and monolingual.

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LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Most of the Raute are forest nomads who have little contact with outsiders and remain monolingual. Some group members go to villages for trading when necessary, so they may be able to speak a little bit local languages such as Hindi or Nepali.

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PLACES: Nepal; India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: the monsoon forests of western Nepal

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The Raute are foraging nomads. They move around within the forests/western Himalayan ridges, and sometimes even move into the part of forests located in India.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
280
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
658
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"130 nomadic Raute."

DATE OF INFO: 2000

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The number of speakers is decreasing.

PLACES: Nepal

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
518
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
518
Native speakers worldwide

3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger		UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		518		100-999						Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)								28.9744,80.7969
	2009	Kings of the Forest: The Cultural Resilience of Himalayan Hunter-Gatherers		University of Hawai'i Press			Fortier, Jana	Fortier, Jana. 2009. Kings of the Forest: The Cultural Resilience of Himalayan Hunter-Gatherers. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. 231pp.			700		100-999		no	Most of the Raute are forest nomads who have little contact with outsiders and remain monolingual. Some group members go to villages for trading when necessary, so they may be able to speak a little bit local languages such as Hindi or Nepali.	no	a few	Vulnerable (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	Most of the Raute refuse to settle down and they don't go to school. Therefore, they remain illiterate and monolingual.	11	10	The Raute are foraging nomads. They move around within the forests/western Himalayan ridges, and sometimes even move into the part of forests located in India.	Nepal; India	the monsoon forests of western Nepal
		World Oral Literature Project				http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			518		100-999						Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	658	280	2000	100-999	"130 nomadic Raute."					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		The number of speakers is decreasing.				Nepal

Raute

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

700

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

280

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

518

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

518

Discussion

Raute

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

700

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

280

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

518

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

518

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