Bugan
Bugan is an Austroasiatic language spoken in China, by about 2,700 people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Bugan, Bogan, Pakan, or Bugeng (布甘语, 布干语, or 布赓语) is an Austroasiatic language. The existence of the Bugan language was not known by the rest of world until recently. There are about 3000 speakers, mostly in some villages in southern Guangnan (广南) and northern Xichou (西畴), Yunnan Province, China. Bugan is an analytic language, and word order and auxiliary words have important functions in the grammar.
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Words in Bugan
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | piau* | |
| name | p3maN* | |
| eye | p3mE* | |
| ear | paTE* | |
| nose | p3ma* | |
| tooth | T3* | |
| tongue | p3lai* | |
| hand | tie* | |
| blood | sa* | |
| bone | ya* | |
| skin | buN* | |
| knee | p3ko* | |
| breast | nE* | |
| liver | bou* | |
| water | da³⁵ | |
| fire | au* | |
| sun | la3* | |
| star | bomo* | |
| stone | xo* | |
| mountain | biou* | |
| tree | sa3* | |
| leaf | lou* | |
| night | nEsau* | |
| dog | Tau* | |
| fish | se* | |
| louse | mban* | |
| one | bo* | |
| two | bi* | |
| I | o* | |
| you | m3* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- BolyuAustroasiatic13% alike
- Bambili-BambuiAtlantic-Congo13% alike
- Eastern LawaAustroasiatic13% alike
- MbangweAtlantic-Congo12% alike
- Western MuyaSino-Tibetan12% alike
- NimoLeft May11% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · buga1247 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · bbh