Khowa language
| Khowa | |
|---|---|
| Bugun | |
| Region | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Ethnicity | Bugun (Khowa) |
Native speakers | 1,700 (2011)[1] |
|
Possibly Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
bgg |
| Glottolog |
bugu1246[2] |
Khowa, or Bugun, is a small Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India. They numbered about 1,700 in 2011.[1] Sherdukpen speakers live just to the west of them.
Classification
Bugun is classified as a Kho-Bwa language in Blench & Post (2013), although Blench (2015)[3] believes Bugun may be actually be unrelated to the rest of the Kho-Bwa languages. Rather, it had borrowed heavily from Mey of Shergaon since the Bugun had a subordinate relationship with the Mey of Shergaon.
Distribution
Bugun is spoken in the following villages in southern West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh (Dondrup 1990:iv).[4] The total population numbered 800 in 1981. Names in parentheses are spellings as given in Ethnologue.
- Wanghoo (Wangho)
- Singchung
- Kaspi (New Kaspi)
- Lichini
- Ramo (Ramu)
- Namphri
- Chithu (Situ)
- Sachida (Sachita)
- Pani-Phu
- Ditching (Diching)
- Dikhiyang (Dikiang)
- Bicham (Bichom) (a recently founded hamlet)
Ethnologue also lists Mangopom village. These villages are located on the mountains on both sides of Rupa River, and are interspersed among Aka villages.
References
- 1 2 Blench, Roger. 2011. (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconsidering the evidence
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Bugun". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Blench, Roger. 2015. The Mey languages and their classification. Presentation given at the University of Sydney.
- ↑ Dondrup, Rinchin. 1990. Bugun language guide. Itanagar: Directorate of Research, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.