Alternate Names: Ban Manus, Ban Rauts, Bhulla, Dzanggali, Jangali, Janggali, Jhangar, Raji, Raut
Dialects: None known. Extensive borrowing from areal Indo-Aryan (Kumaoni, Nepali) languages (2011 J. Fortier). Very similar to Raute , and Raji ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 670 (1998).
Language Use: All speakers use a highly mixed variety. Home, religion. Negative attitudes. Due to poor socio-economic status, miniscule number of speakers, fewer domains of language use, attitude of the dominant group and lack of initiative from the state, Rawat is quickly assimilating into Kumaoni [kfy] (Rastogi 2006).
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Younger generation taking interest in literacy.
Typology: SOV; postpositions; genitives, articles, adjectives, numerals before noun heads; noun heads both initial and final; no noun classes or genders; content q-word initial; maximum number of suffixes 3; affixes indicate case of noun phrases; verb affixation marks person and number; passives; causatives; comparatives; CV, CVC; nontonal.
Writing System: Devanagari
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Government-given ethnonym: Raji now accepted by the people. Many Indo-Aryan loans. Raute are found in Kumaon where they are known as Raji (Gurung 1997). Traditional religion.