Endangered Languages Project - Bugan

Bugan

^{[aka Bogan, Bengan, Pukan]}

Classification: Austro-Asiatic

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Bogan, Bengan, Pukan, Hualo, Huazu, 布甘語, 本甘語, 布賡語
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Pakanic
ORTHOGRAPHY		no orthgraphy
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bbh
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Bugeng yu yan jiu (布賡語研究) [A Study of Bugan]” . Li, Yunbing (李云兵) (2005) The Ethnic Publishing House (民族出版社)

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~2700
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2700

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: All the Bugan speak Bugan. Some middle-aged or older people can't understand Southwestern Mandarin. Illiterate children or teenagers don't understand Southwestern Mandarin well either.
Scripts (Writing system): no orthgraphy

PLACES: China

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,700
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,700
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from L. Jinfang (2002).

PLACES: China

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~3,000
Native speakers worldwide

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Children speak only Bugan before schooling.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Southwestern Mandarin

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

bilingual in Bugan and Southwestern Mandarin

PLACES: China

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: south Guangnan (廣南), and north Xichou (西疇) of Yunnan (雲南).

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-9,999
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
3,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Recently located language, seven villages with a group population of 3,000.

PLACES: China

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Southeast Yunnan, south Guangnan and north Xichou counties

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1994

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: China

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Southeastern Yunnan Province, Wenshan Prefecture, Guangnan 广南 and Xichou 西畴 counties in seven villages: Laowalong 老挖龙 [pə⁵⁵luŋ¹³], Xinwalong 新挖龙 [pə⁵⁵tsuŋ¹³], Jiuping 九平 [pə⁵⁵tsiaŋ³¹], Shibeipo 石北坡 [pə⁵⁵ɕe¹³], Xinzhai 新寨 [li³¹la̠ŋ¹³], Malong 马龙 [pə⁵⁵ɣu³¹], and Nala 那啦。

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The Han and the Bugan live together in the villages Jiuping, Xinzhai, and Nala.

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

24.045941, 105.054981; 23.437782, 104.672597

COORDINATES

23.7447,105.2235

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Information from: “Bugan -- a new Mon-Khmer Language of Yunnan Province China” (135-159) . Jinfang Li (1996)