Bahing language
| Bahing | |
|---|---|
| Region | Nepal |
| Ethnicity | Bahing |
Native speakers | 12,000 (2011 census) |
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Nepal |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bhj |
| Glottolog | bahi1252 |
| ELP | Bahing |
Bahing is one of the ethnicities present in Nepal which consist of the following ancestors: Paiwa, Dungmowa, Rukhusalu, Waripsawa, Timriwa, Dhimriwa, Nayango, Dhayango, Khaliwa/Khaluwa, Rendukpa/Rendu, and Rungbu. These ancestors spoke the Bahing language. The Bahing language was recorded (census 2021) to be spoken by 14449 people of the Bahing ethnic group in Nepal. It belongs to the family of Kiranti languages, a subgroup of Sino-Tibetan.
The group Rumdali is also known as Nechali among some of them.