Dura_language Dura is the name of a critically endangered language of Nepal, and of the ethnic group that has historically spoken it. It has been classified in the West Bodish group of Tibeto-Burman languages, though more recent work classifies it as its own independent group within Tibeto-Burman. Many of the Dura have switched to speaking Nepali, and the Dura language has sometimes been thought to be extinct. Some of the people who have switched to Nepali for their daily speech still use Dura only for saying prayers.