76,800 in Nepal (2011 census), decreasing. Very few monolinguals.
East, Sagarmatha Zone, mainly central Khotang district and northern Udayapur districts.
6b (Threatened). Language of recognized indigenous nationality: Rai.
SOV; postpositions; noun head final; no noun classes or genders; content q-word in situ; up to 2 prefixes, up to 7 suffixes; clause constituents indicated by case-marking; verbal affixation marks person and number; split and inverse ergativity; mixed tense-aspect; no passives or voice; nontonal; 28 consonant and 5 vowel phonemes.
Home, religion; mixed use: friends, work. All ages. Used as L2 by Puma [pum].
Devanagari script [Deva], recently developed.
Many ethnic subgroups, but linguistically homogeneous. Traditional religion, Hindu.