Bugun language
| Khowa | |
|---|---|
| Bugun | |
| Region | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Ethnicity | Bugun (Khowa) |
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Native speakers
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1,700 (2011) |
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Possibly Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | bugu1246 |
Khowa, or Bugun, is a small Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India. They numbered about 1,700 in 2011.
Bugun is classified as a Kho-Bwa language in Blench & Post (2013), although Blench (2015) believes Bugun may be actually be unrelated to the rest of the Kho-Bwa languages.
Bugun is spoken in the following villages in southern West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh (Dondrup 1990:iv). The total population numbered 800 in 1981. Names in parentheses are spellings as given in Ethnologue.
Ethnologue also lists Mangopom village. These villages are located on the mountains on both sides of Rupa River, and are interspersed among Aka villages.
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