| Bhujel | |
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| Bujhyal | |
| Region | Nepal (Tanahu District) Sikkim |
Native speakers | 22,000 (2011 census)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Devanagari Kharpa | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  India |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | byh |
| Glottolog | bujh1238 |
Bhujel, also calledBujhyal, is aChepangic language of Greater Magaric Branch spoken in centralNepal andSikkim in India. It is a semi-tonal language, employing a complex array ofaffixes. 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 inSikkim in 2022.[3]
Bhujel is spoken in the following villages of Nepal (Ethnologue).
Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Bhujel.
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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