The Hayus (Nepali: हायु) are a member of the Kirat tribe speaking their own language, Wayu or Hayu. Little is known about them. They are Hindus by religion. According to the 2001 Nepal census, there are 1821 Hayu in the country, of which 70.29% were Hindus and 23.61% were animists.
The Hayu language has been documented by the linguist Boyd Michailovsky.[1] The language currently appears in Wikipedia as 'Vayu'.
References
- ^ Michailovsky, Boyd (2003). Thurgood & LaPolla (ed.). Hayu entry in: The Sino-Tibetan Languages. London & New York: Routledge. pp. 518–532.
- Nishi 西, Yoshio 義郎 (1992a). "ハユ語" [Hayu, Hai, Vayu, (LSI) Hāyu, Vāyu]. In 亀井 Kamei, 孝 Takashi; 河野 Kōno, 六郎 Rokurō; 千野 Chino, 栄一 Eichi (eds.). 三省堂言語学大辞典 The Sanseido Encyclopaedia of Linguistics (in Japanese). Vol. 3. Tokyo: 三省堂 Sanseido Press. pp. 253a–269a. ISBN 4385152179.
External links
- Nationalities of Nepal
- Ethnologue profile
- Transcribed, annotated and translated recordings of narratives in Hayu, from the Pangloss Collection
| Authority control databases: National |
|---|
 | This Nepal-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about an ethnic group in Asia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This page was last edited on 25 February 2024, at 10:45