Bugan

Facts

  • Language: Bugan
  • Alternate names: Bogan, Bengan, Pukan, Hualo, Huazu, 布甘語, 本甘語, 布賡語
  • Language code: bbh
  • Language family: Austroasiatic, Mangic, Pakanic
  • Number of speakers: ~2700
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script:

More information:

    Officially classified within Yi nationality, but their language and culture are very different from the surrounding Yi nationality groups. They maintain their own festivals and are endogamous. Ethnonyms: Hualuo and Huazu, multi-colored tribe, are used by surrounding Han, Zhuang and other groups and are due to traditional costumes worn by women. Traditional religion.

    Bugan is spoken in China, East Asia.