Ancient language of Nepal [Kirat Wambule Rai Language by Jean Robert Opgenort]

Educational video about Kirat Wambule Rai language and culture of Nepal.

Introduction:
The Wambule language is one of the languages of the ancient Kirat people, which existed well before the arrival of Vedic civilization in South Asia. Wambule is one of the 32 Kiranti languages spoken by the Rai peoples of eastern Nepal. Wambule language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family.

Historical Background of Rai:
The Rai belong to the Kirati group or the Kirat confederation that includes Limbu, Sunuwar, Jirel, Yakkha, Dhimal and many Mongoloid ethnic groups of Nepal.

Within Rai:
The Rai people are divided into many different sub-groups also known as clan namely
• Athpahariya,
• Bantawa,
• Chamling,
• Sampang,
• Dumi,
• Jerung,
• Kulung,
• Khaling,
• Lohorung,
• Mewahang,
• Rakhali,
• Thulung,
• Tamla,
• Tilung,
• Wahaling,
• Wambule,
• Yamphu,
• Jero (Jerung,)
• Puma,
• Syangbo and many other others.

There are more than 32 recognized and distinct Rai dialects, which fall within the Tibeto-Burman family of languages. Their languages are Pronominalised Tibeto-Burman languages, indicating their antiquity. The oral language is rich and ancient, as is Kirati history, but the written script remains yet to be properly organized as nearly all traces of it were destroyed by the following rulers of Nepal, the Lichhavis and almost eradicated by the Shah dynasty.

With that this video is of Wambule Rai.
Wambule is spoken by more than 5,000 people living around the confluence of the Sunkosi and Dudhkosi rivers near Kui-Bhir Hill. The Wambule-speaking area comprises the southernmost part of Okhaldhunga district, the westernmost part of Khotang district, the northernmost part of Udaypur district, and the northeasternmost part of Sindhuli district.

The book The Wambule Language, which Jean Robert Opgenort defended as a doctoral dissertation in 2002 is the result of more than five years of work on the Wambule language. A revised and enlarged version of the dissertation, entitled A Grammar of Wambule, was published in 2004 as Volume 5.2 in the Brill series Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region.
The book The Wambule Language, which Jean Robert Opgenort defended as a doctoral dissertation in 2002 is the result of more than five years of work on the Wambule language. A revised and enlarged version of the dissertation, entitled A Grammar of Wambule, was published in 2004 as Volume 5.2 in the Brill series Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region.

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