Alternate Names: Bawm, Bawn, Bawng, Bom
Dialects: None known. Linguistically and ethnically a subgroup of the Laizou (Anal) , (Matisoff et al. 1996:8).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 4,440 in India (2004). Population total all countries: 15,940.
Language Use: Shifting to Assamese [asm] (2007). Also use Mizo [lus]. Used as L2 by Pankhu [pkh].
Language Development: Radio programs. Bible: 1989.
Typology: SOV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Christian.