Alternate Names: Boonan, Bunan, Erankad, Ghara, Keylong Boli, Lahuli of Bunan, Poonan, Punan
Dialects: Lexical similarity: 39% with Sunam ,, 26%–39% with varieties of Chamba Lahuli (Pattani) ,, 37% with Tinani ,, 26%–34% with some varieties of Central Tibetan ,, 34% with Jangshung , and Shumcho ,, 31% with Kinnaur Bhoti ,, 30% with Chitkuli , and Nesang (Tukpa) ,, 24% with Lhasa dialect of Central Tibetan ,, 23% with Kanauri ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 4,000 (1997).
Language Use: All domains.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Bible portions: 1911–1923.
Typology: Only singular and plural number; no gender indicated in verbs or pronouns.
Writing System: Tibetan
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Bodh caste, but speak a different language from Bodhs of Mayar, Khoksar, and Stod valleys. They consider themselves different from Bodhs of the north, whom they call Tibetans. Buddhist.