Alternate Names: Bengan, Bogan, Bugeng, Hualo, Huazu, Pukan, Puqeng
Dialects: None known. Very minor accent differences between villages.
Status Notes: Language of recognized nationality: Yi.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,700 (Yunbin 2005).
Language Use: Vigorous. All ethnic Bugan speak Bugan. All ages. Some middle aged and older people and children who have not attended school do not understand local Chinese or Mandarin [cmn] but many adults speak some local Chinese. Also use Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao [cqd], Nong Zhuang [zhn].
Typology: Prenasalized and plain stop and affricate initials; tense and lax vowel contrast; nasal and stop variation word final; tone sandhi, 6 tones.
Nation of Origin: China
Other Comments: Language and culture are very different from the surrounding Yi nationality groups. They maintain their own festivals and are endogamous. Ethnonyms: Hualuo and Huazu, multi-colored tribe, are used by surrounding Han, Zhuang and other groups and are due to traditional costumes worn by women. Traditional religion.