Rai language

Rai language may refer to:

• Rai languages or the Kiranti languages, a family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Nepal, India and Bhutan by the Rai people.
• Bantawa language, a Kiranti language spoken in Nepal, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Kalimpong and Bhutan
• Chamling language, a Kiranti language spoken in parts of Nepal and Darjeeling, Sikkim, Kalimpong and southern Bhutan
• Thulung language, a Kiranti language spoken in parts of Nepal and Sikkim
• Bahing language, a Kiranti language spoken in the eastern part of Nepal, particularly Okhaldhunga and Solukhumbu districts. There are a few Bahing communities in Khotang and Terhathum.
• Khaling language, a Kiranti language spoken in the northern part of Solukhumbu district
• Kulung language, a Kiranti language spoken in the north-west part of Solukhumbu district

See also

• Rai Coast languages, a family of languages in the Madang stock of New Guinea, not related to Rai languages or Dewas Rai
• Rai people, an indigenous ethnolinguistic group of Nepal and some north eastern regions of India
• Sakela, a festival of the Kirat Rai people