Harshen Bantawa

Harshen Bantawa (wanda kuma ake kira An Yüng, Bantaba, Bantawa Dum, Bantaw Yong, Bantawe Yüng, Vontawa, Kirawa Yüng), yare ne na Kiranti da ake magana a gabashin tsaunukan Himalayan na gabashin Nepal ta kabilun Kirati Bantawa. Suna amfani da tsarin haruffa na syllabic da aka sani da Kirat Rai . Daga cikin mutanen Khambu  Rai na Gabashin Nepal, Sikkim, Darjeeling da Kalimpong a Indiya, Bantawa shine mafi girman yaren da ake magana. Dangane da Ƙididdigar Ƙasa ta 2001, aƙalla 1.63% na yawan mutanen Nepal suna magana da Bantawa. Kimanin 370,000 suna magana da harshen Bantawa galibi a yankunan tsaunuka na gabashin Nepal (2001). Ko Bantawa yana daga cikin nau'ikan da aka fi amfani da su a ko'ina na yaren Bantawa, ya fada cikin rukunin harsuna masu haɗari.  fuskantar canjin harshe zuwa Nepali, musamman a yankin arewa.

Ana magana  Bantawa a cikin tsari na batun-abu-kalma, kuma ba shi da nau'ikan suna ko jinsi.

## Harsuna
Yawancin dangin Bantawa yanzu suna zaune a Bhojpur, Dharan, Illam, da Dhankuta. Adadin kwanan nan sun nuna cewa mafi yawansu suna zaune ne a Dharan. Ana magana da Bantawa a cikin gundumomi masu zuwa na Nepal (Ethnologue).

* Lardin No. 1: Gundumar Bhojpur, Gundumar Dhankuta, Gunduma ta Ilam, Gundumar Jhapa, Gundume ta Khotang, Gunduniyar Morang, Gundumi ta Okhaldhunga, Gunduri ta Panchthar, Gundumar Sunsari, Gundumar Taplejung da Gundumar Udayapur
* Sikkim, Darjeeling, Kalimpong na Indiya

Harsuna kamar haka (Ethnologue).

* Arewacin Bantawa (Dilpali) 

:: *Yankunan arewa: Mangpahang, Raipachha, Awaichha, Rungchenbung da Yangma*

* Kudancin Bantawa (Chewali, Okhreli, Hatuwali, Hangkhim) 

:: *Kudancin da Arewacin Bantawa, irin wannan, za a iya haɗa su a matsayin 'Bantawa ta Tsakiya'.*

* Gabashin Bantawa (Dhankuta) 

:: *Yaren Gabas shine mafi banbanci. Yana da alaƙa da Harshen Dungmali, kodayake yana da alaƙa le Harshen Puma, Harshen Sampang, da Harshen Chhintange.*

* Yammacin Bantawa (Amchoke, Amchauke) 

:: *Harsunan Amchaucke: Sorung, Saharaja, Lulam, da Sukita*

* Wana Bantawa (wanda kuma ake kira kawai Bantawa), wanda ƙabilar Bantawa ke magana. Ana magana da yaren Amchoke a yankin Limbu, musamman a gundumar Ilam.

An kuma dauki Bantawa a matsayin dangi mafi girma a cikin iyalin Kiranti. An kuma bayar da rahoton cewa ana amfani da Bantawa a matsayin harshen magana tsakanin 'yan tsiraru na Rai a Himalayan Sikkim, Darjeeling Kalimpong A Indiya da Bhutan. A halin yanzu, ana gabatar da yaren ne kawai a wasu makarantu a matakin firamare (Shekara 1-Shekara 5)  ta amfani da Rubutun Devanagari.

Harshen Waling da aka tabbatar daga ƙarshen karni na 19 na iya kasancewa nau'ikan Bantawa, ko kuma harshe mai alaƙa da juna, idan ba yaren Hatuwali da mutanen Waling ke magana a yau ba.

## Harshen Bantawa
 

## Fasahar sauti

### Sautin sautin

* ʌ wasali ya zo ne a cikin Bantawa saboda tasirin yaren Nepali Zuwa ba a amfani dashi da yawa kamar a wasu yaren Tibet na Burma.
* a zamanin yau wasu yaren ko a yankin na iya furta /ɨ/ a matsayin [ʌ], [u], ko [ə].

Misali:  (ido) ana furta shi azaman , pɨ (macijin) azaman .

### Sautin da aka yi amfani da shi

* Glotta stop [ʔ] yana daya daga cikin wakoki na harshen Bantawa wanda aka wakilta ta amfani da shi.
* Dental consonant da Apico-alveolar ba sa yin wani bambanci yayin magana.
* Ana amfani da Kirat Sirijunga lipi da Devanagari lipi don rubuta harshen Bantawa a Nepal.

## Bayanan da aka ambata

## Ƙarin karantawa

* Winter, Werner. 2003. A Bantawa Dictionary. Halin da ke cikin ilimin harshe - Takaddun 20. Ɗan rago na Gruyter: New York.
* Daidaitaccen bayani. 2009. A Grammar na Bantawa . Jami'ar Leiden PhD Thesis. LOT Rubutun Tattaunawa: Utrecht.
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## Haɗin waje

* Tsarin Bantawa
* Bantawa: lura da harshen da ke fuskantar barazana