Vayu language

Vayu
Vayu
Hayu
वायु, हायु
Native to	Nepal
Region	Janakpur Zone
Native speakers	1,500 (2011 census)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Mahakiranti (?) Kiranti Western Northwestern Vayu; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3	vay
Glottolog	wayu1241
ELP	Wayu

Vayu (वायु), Wayu or Hayu (हायु) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal by about 1,520 people in Bagmati Province. Dialects include Pali gau (पालि गाउ) Mudajor Sukajor Ramechhap Sindhuli and Marin Khola.

The Vayu language features SOV ordering. There are strong Nepali influences in its phonology, lexicon, and grammar. Its writing system uses the Devanagari script. There are no known monolingual speakers of the language, as its speaking population also uses Nepali.^[1] Despite a lack of monolingual children, use of Vayu has survived into the 21st century ^[2]

^ ^a ^b Vayu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Frawley, W. (2003). Wayu. The International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. (Vol. 4, pp. 536) New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Inc.

[e18-1] Vayu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Frawley, W. (2003). Wayu. The International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. (Vol. 4, pp. 536) New York, NY: Oxford University Press, Inc.

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