Bhujel language

Bhujel
Bujhyal
RegionNepal (Tanahu District)
Sikkim
Native speakers
22,000 (2011 census)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Devanagari
Kharpa
Official status
Official language in
 India
Language codes
ISO 639-3byh
Glottologbujh1238

Bhujel, also called Bujhyal, is a Chepangic language of Greater Magaric Branch spoken in central Nepal and Sikkim in India. It is a semi-tonal language, employing a complex array of affixes. Bhujel are from Tibetan burman family. Bhujel people normally are with Mongoloid features rather than with Caucasoid features. Due to the social structure & social development, this term has been the identity of many other ethnic people too. Bhujel was granted additional official status in Sikkim in 2022.[2]

Map of the Tanahu District, the only Bhujel language is widely used in Nepal.

Geographical distribution

Bhujel is spoken in the following villages of Nepal (Ethnologue).

Dialects

Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Bhujel.

  • Kulmun
  • Arthumpka
  • Andimul
  • Baniyatar
  • Beltar
  • Dhodeni
  • Chanaute

References

  1. ^ Bhujel at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "The Sikkim Official Languages Act" (PDF). sikkim.gov.in. Government of Sikkim. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
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