| Buksa | |
|---|---|
| Bhoksa | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Uttarakhand |
| Ethnicity | Bhoksa people |
Native speakers | 59,000 (2011 census)[1] |
| Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tkb |
| Glottolog | buks1238 |
Buksa, also known asBuksari andBhoksa, is anIndo-Aryan language spoken by theBuksa people in parts ofUttarakhand andUttar Pradesh, India.
Within Uttarakhand, most speakers of Buksa are found in several dozen villages inUdham Singh Nagar district in the south-east of state, mainly in the development blocks ofBajpur andGadarpur. There are also speakers in a number of villages in theRamnagar area ofNainital district, as well as in the urban centres ofDehradun,Haridwar andPauri.[2]
Buksa has no written literature, but there is an oral tradition of folktales and folk songs.[3]
