Bugun
A language of India
| Population | 900 (2001). |
| Region | 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. |
| Alternate names | Kho, Khoa, Khowa |
| Dialects | Might be mutually intelligible with Sulung (Chowdhury 1996); Burling (2003) groups it with Sulung [suv] and Sherdukpen [sdp] and possibly also with Lish [lsh] and Sartang [onp]. Lexical similarity: low with all neighboring languages. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, North Assam, Tani |
| Language use | Home, village, religion. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 24% (1981 census), 35% for men, 12% for women. |
| Comments | Spoken by the Khoa (Khowa) ethnic group. They are culturally like the Hruso, but speak a different language. Agriculturalists. Traditional religion mixed with Buddhism. |
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