Alternate Names: Baying, Bayung, Kiranti-Bayung
Dialects: Hangu, Moblocha, Nechali, Rumdali, Tolacha. 85% or above intelligibility among 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 ,. Lexical similarity: 83%–95% with dialects, 48% with Sunwar , (Lee et al 2005).
Status Notes: Language of recognized indigenous nationality: Rai.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 11,700 (2011 census).
Language Use: Reportedly still used often by younger generation. Shift to Nepali [npi] relatively low (Winter and Hanson 1991); High vitality (Lee et al. 2005). Home, friends, religion, work. All ages. Positive attitudes. 40% have inadequate Nepali [npi] proficiency to understand or discuss complicated or abstract concepts. (Lee et al 2005). Used as L2 by Bantawa [bap], Nepali [npi], Thulung [tdh], Wambule [wme].
Language Development: Bahing orthography introduced through community-based development efforts. Two books published (2009). Bahing orthography being promoted for use by the whole Bahing community. Poetry. Magazines. Radio programs. Dictionary.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Devanagari, Latin
Nation of Origin: Nepal
Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian, Hindu.