Bugun language
Bugun, also known as Khowa, is a small possible language isolate spoken in Arunachal Pradesh state of India by the Bugun. They numbered about 1,700 in 2011.
Phonology
Vowels
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Classification
Bugun is classified as a Kho-Bwa language in Blench & Post, although Blench believes Bugun may actually be unrelated to the rest of the Kho-Bwa languages.Dialects
Lieberherr & Bodt list the following Bugun dialects along with their numbers of speakers.- Dikhyang
- Singchung
- Wangho
- Bichom
- Kaspi
- Namphri
Distribution
Bugun is spoken in the following villages in southern West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh. The total population numbered 800 in 1981. Names in parentheses are spellings as given in Ethnologue.- Wanghoo
- Singchung
- Kaspi
- Lichini
- Ramo
- Namphri
- Chithu
- Sachida
- Pani-Phu
- Ditching
- Dikhiyang
- Bicham