Bugun

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
bgg
Alternate Names
Kho, Khoa, Khowa
Population

900 (2001 Asia Harvest).

Location

Arunachal Pradesh, West Kameng district, Singchung and Nafra circles, Wangho, Singchung, New Kaspi, Namphri, Mangopom, Diching, Sachita, Ramu, Situ, Lichini, Dikiang, and Bichom villages on the mountains on both sides of Rupa River, interspersed among the Aka.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Central Tibeto-Burman, Kho-Bwa
Dialects

May be mutually intelligible with Puroik [suv] (Chowdhury 1996); Burling (2003) groups it with Puroik and Sherdukpen [sdp] and possibly also with Lish [lsh] and Sartang [onp]. Lexical similarity: low with all neighboring languages.

Language Use

Home, village, religion. Also use Sherdukpen [sdp], Hruso [hru], Monpa [kkf], or Hindi [hin]. Older people use more Sherdukpen, younger people use Hindi.

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 24% (1981 census), 35% for men, 12% for women.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bugun
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Spoken by the Khoa (Khowa) ethnic group. They are culturally like the Hruso, but speak a different language. Traditional religion, Buddhist.