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Danuwar
Native to Nepal
Ethnicity Danuwar people
Native speakers
46,000 (2011 census) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
dhw – Dhanwar
Glottolog dhan1265  -Done Danuwar
koch1253  Kochariya-East Danuwar
ELP Dhanwar

Danwar (also rendered Danuwar, Denwar, Dhanvar, Dhanwar) is a language spoken in parts of Nepal by Danuwar ethnic group. It is close to Bote-Darai and Tharu languages but otherwise unclassified within the Indo-Aryan languages.

References

  1. ^ Dhanwar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)