Baitada or Baitadeli also Soradi is referred to the people of Baitadi district, of Nepal and also one of the dialect of Doteli language spoken in the Baitadi District of Nepal or similar language spoken in other area like Darchula, Bhajhang, Dadeldhura, kanchanpur and kailali Districts of Nepal. Large number of population originally from Baitadi living in the adjoining area of Pithoragarh District of Uttarakhand, India like Dharchula, Baluwakot, Askot, Jauljibi, Dauda, Sunkholi, Jhulaghat, Pipali etc. also speaks the same dialects which G. A. Grierson has mentioned as the dialects of Kumaoni language. The 2021 Nepal census has revealed that 155,666 people or 0.52 per cent of Nepal's population speak Baitadeli (Baitada) dialect.[1]
Sources
edit- History of Nepal by Bal Chandra Sharma
- History of Kumaoun By B.D. Pandey
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130418000000/http://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/National%20Report.pdf