Bugun [aka Khowa, Kho, Khoa] Classification: Sino-Tibetan · threatened Description Resources Activity Revitalization Bibliography Suggest a Change Subscribe
Language metadata ALSO KNOWN AS Khowa, Kho, Khoa, Bugen CLASSIFICATION Sino-Tibetan, Kho-Bwa CODE AUTHORITY ISO 639-3 LANGUAGE CODE bgg DOWNLOAD As csv MORE RESOURCES OLAC search ADDITIONAL COMMENTS Unclassified within Tibeto-Burman. Language information by source Compare Sources (4) Information from: “(De)classifying Arunchal Languages: Reconsidering the evidence” . Roger Blench and Mark Post (2011) Information from: “(De)classifying Arunchal Languages: Reconsidering the evidence” . Roger Blench and Mark Post (2011) Threatened 20 percent certain, based on the evidence available 1,700 Native speakers worldwide MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS "The Bugun, also known as Khowa, numbered 800 in 1981, living in some ten villages, but current estimates put them at around 1700 speakers." DATE OF INFO 2011 OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY Sherdukpen LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS "The Bugun language has been barely documented." PLACES Spoken in the West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh. Information from: “World Oral Literature Project” . Threatened 20 percent certain, based on the evidence available 1,046 Native speakers worldwide Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing Threatened 20 percent certain, based on the evidence available 1,000 Native speakers worldwide Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International Endangered 20 percent certain, based on the evidence available 900 Native speakers worldwide DATE OF INFO 2001 PLACES India; Discussion Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. comments powered by Disqus