Buksa
A language of India
| Population | 43,000 (1999). |
| Region | Uttarakhand, southwestern Nainital District, along a diagonal from Ramnagar to Keneshpur. 130 villages in Kichha and Kashipur tahsils, some in Bijnor and Garhwal districts. |
| Dialects | 95% intelligibility with Rana Tharu [thr]. Lexical similarity: 58%–79% with western Tharu varieties, 58% with Chitwania Tharu [the], 83% with Hindi. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern zone, Unclassified |
| Comments | Agriculturalists; pastoralists. Traditional religion. |
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