Bokar language

Bokar
Bokar-Ramo-Pailibo
Region	Assam, Tibet
Ethnicity	Lhoba
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tani Western Tani Bokar
Dialects	Bokar Ramo Pailibo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Glottolog	`boka1249`^[1]

Bokar or Bokar-Ramo-Pailibo (IPA: [bɔk˭ar ɡɔm]; pinyin: Bogar Luoba) is a Tani language spoken by the Lhoba in West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India (Megu 1990) and Mainling County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China (Ouyang 1985).

The Ramo dialect is spoken in Mechukha Subdivision and Monigong Circle (Badu 2004). The Pailibo dialect (Palibo, Libo) is spoken by 1200 people in Tato, Charu, Payum, Tagur, Tado-Gitu, Irgo, and Yapik villages (Badu 1994).

Writing system

Bokar is written in the Latin script in India and the Tibetan script in China.^[2]

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bokar-Ramo-Pailibo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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Tani languages

Eastern	Bori Adi (Padam, Pasi, Minyong) Mising Bokar (Ramo, Pailibo)

Western	Tangam Damu Apatani Bangni-Tagin Na Nishi Hill Miri Yano Gallong (Galo)

Unclassified	Milang

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