Bunan
Bunan is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Bunan, also known as Gahri, Ghara, Lahuli of Bunan, Boonan, Punan, Poonan, Erankad or Keylong Boli, is a Tibeto-Burman minority language, largely spoken in the Keylong block of Lahaul and Spiti district, in the northernmost region of Himachal Pradesh, India. The number of people speaking the language is only approximately 4,000 in India. The Tibeto-Burman language family consists of fourteen languages spoken in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and Bunan is assigned to the West Himalayish branch.
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Words in Bunan
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mi* | |
| name | min* | |
| eye | mik* | |
| ear | reci* | |
| nose | gyum* | |
| tooth | swa* | |
| tongue | le* | |
| hand | lak* | |
| blood | Su* | |
| bone | ruspa* | |
| skin | baci* | |
| knee | pus* | |
| breast | mama* | |
| liver | Cinpa* | |
| water | Chu* | |
| fire | me* | |
| sun | nici* | |
| star | karma* | |
| stone | graN* | |
| mountain | laci* | |
| tree | buta* | |
| leaf | lap* | |
| night | phiro* | |
| dog | khyu* | |
| fish | 5a* | |
| louse | Sik* | |
| one | Cik* | |
| two | ni* | |
| I | gi* | |
| you | han* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- SunamSino-Tibetan40% alike
- ShumchoSino-Tibetan39% alike
- JadSino-Tibetan38% alike
- Spiti BhotiSino-Tibetan38% alike
- Khunu-TötSino-Tibetan36% alike
- Leh LadakhiSino-Tibetan36% alike
Grammar
- ChocangacakhaSino-Tibetan86% alike
- Peripheral MongolianMongolic-Khitan85% alike
- ZakhringSino-Tibetan84% alike
- SiawiAmto-Musan83% alike
- DawroTa-Ne-Omotic82% alike
- Southern GhaleSino-Tibetan82% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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