Buksa language explained

Buksa
Also Known As:Bhoksa
States:India
Region:Uttarakhand
Ethnicity:Bhoksa people
Speakers:59,000
Date:2011 census
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Indo-Iranian
Fam3:Indo-Aryan
Fam4:Eastern
Fam5:Bihari
Fam6:Tharu
Script:Devanagari
Iso3:tkb
Glotto:buks1238
Glottorefname:Buksa
Fam7:Rana Tharu

Buksa, also known as Buksari and Bhoksa, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Buksa people in parts of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, India.

Within Uttarakhand, most speakers of Buksa are found in several dozen villages in Udham Singh Nagar district in the south-east of state, mainly in the development blocks of Bajpur and Gadarpur. There are also speakers in a number of villages in the Ramnagar area of Nainital district, as well as in the urban centres of Dehradun, Haridwar and Pauri.

Buksa has no written literature, but there is an oral tradition of folktales and folk songs.

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