Baraamu
A language of Nepal
| Population | 2,000 (1998), decreasing. Ethnic population: 7,383 (2001 census). |
| Region | Gandaki zone, North Gorkha District, Takhu village up the Doraundi Khola, east side above Chorgate, near Kumhali, about 7 villages. May be in Dhading District. |
| Language map |
Western Nepal, reference number 6 |
| Alternate names | Baram, Barhamu, Bhramu, Brahmu, Bramu |
| Dialects | Related to Thangmi [thf] (Grierson-Konow). |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Himalayish, Tibeto-Kanauri, Western Himalayish, Eastern |
| Language use | Shifting to Nepali [nep]. Used orally in some business and labor relations. Mainly older adults. |
| Comments | Baramo recognized as an official nationality. OV (Subject position varies); postpositions; genitives, articles, adjectives, numerals before noun heads; maximum number of suffixes 3; word order does not distinguish subjects, objects, or indirect objects; affixes indicate case of noun phrase; verb affixes mark person, number—obligatory; ergative; passives, causatives, comparatives; simple syllable patterns; nontonal. Peasant agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Hindu. |
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