The paper is divided into three sections. The first part of the paper will present the history and overview of the endangered language Raji spoken by a hunter - gatherer community called ‘banraji, banmanus, banrawat or raji’, presently living in nine hamlets in and around Pithoragarh district in the state of Uttaranchal. They use a language named Raji, Rawati or Janggali.

Due to long contact with neighboring Indo Aryan language Kumauni  Raji, a Tibeto-Burman language with only spoken form, is loosing its identity. It has not only borrowed various lexical items but also started using grammatical features of Kumauni. Due to poor socio-economic status, miniscule number of speakers, fewer domain of language use, attitude of the dominant group and lack of initiative from the state it is quickly assimilating into Kumauni. In the second section of the paper challenges faced by the Raji community will be highlighted.

Language revitalization concerns a situation where people start again to use a language as the language of the home and in particular to speak it to newborn children after a period where these uses were extinct. It requires tackling problems on many fronts and its different approaches depend upon the present status and unique local condition of the language. The third and the last section will discuss the efforts done so far to revitalize this endangered language.