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.

Classification
Bugun is classified as a Kho-Bwa language in Blench & Post (2013), although Blench (2015) believes Bugun may actually be unrelated to the rest of the Kho-Bwa languages.

Dialects
Lieberherr & Bodt (2017) list the following Bugun dialects along with their numbers of speakers.
 * Dikhyang (100 speakers)
 * Singchung (680 speakers)
 * Wangho (220 speakers)
 * Bichom (630 speakers)
 * Kaspi (80 speakers)
 * Namphri (180 speakers)

Distribution
Bugun is spoken in the following villages in southern West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh (Dondrup 1990:iv). 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.