Alternate Names: Kho, Khoa, Khowa
Dialects: None known. May be mutually intelligible with Puroik , (Chowdhury 1996); Burling (2003) groups it with Puroik and Sherdukpen , and possibly also with Lish , and Sartang ,. Lexical similarity: low with all neighboring languages.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 900 (2001 Asia Harvest).
Language Use: Home, village, religion. Also use Hindi [hin], younger people use more Hindi. Also use Sherdukpen [sdp]. Older people use more Sherdukpen. Also use Hruso [hru], Kalaktang Monpa [kkf], Nefamese [nef].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 24% (1981 census), 35% for men, 12% for women.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Spoken by the Khoa (Khowa) ethnic group. They are culturally like the Hruso, but speak a different language. Traditional religion, Buddhist.