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Bahing

A language of Nepal

ISO 639-3: bhj

Population	10,000 (Lee et al. 2005).
Region	Sagarmatha zone, Okhaldunga District, south of Solu River in the Nachedanda ranges, east of Melung River to Thatan River and its tributaries west; south Solukhumbu District, Necha Batase and Sallyan VDCs.
Language map	Eastern Nepal, reference number 4
Alternate names	Bahing Lo, Baing, Bainge Rai, Baying, Bayung Lo, Pai Lo, Radi Lo, Rai, Kiranti-Bayung
Dialects	Rumdali, Tolocha, Nechali. 85% or above intelligibility between all dialects. Rumdali is best understood among all Bahing dialects (Lee et al 2005); Bahing is more homogeneous than most Kiranti languages. Related to Sunwar [suz]. Lexical similarity: 83%–95% between dialects, 44%–48% with Sunwar.
Classification	Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Mahakiranti, Kham-Magar-Chepang-Sunwari, Sunwari
Language use	Language apparently still alive among many members of the younger generation. Degree of Nepalization relatively low (Winter 1991); High vitality (Lee 05). Home, village, business and labor relations and religion. Positive attitude. 40% have inadequate Nepali [nep] proficiency to understand or discuss complicated or abstract concepts. (Lee et al 2005).
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Agriculturalists; pastoralists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

LEE, Maureen, author. 2011. "Issues in Bahing orthography development."  

TOBA, Sueyoshi, author. 1992. Rites of passage: an aspect of Rai culture.

Vernacular Publications

ईक्के कथा = हाम्रो कथा . 2009.

बायुङ् बर्नमाला नुङ् ऱेक्चोम् तरीकाके स़ेन्चोम् लोद = बािहङ वर्णमाला तथा लेखन पद्दतीको परिचय . 2009.