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Bhujel language

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ56317 ↗
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Bhujel, also called Bujhyal, is a Chepangic language of Greater Magaric Branch spoken in central Nepal and Sikkim in India. It is a semi-tonal language, employing a complex array of affixes. Bhujel is a Tibeto-Burman language. Bhujel was granted additional official status in Sikkim in 2022.

Geographical distribution

Bhujel is spoken in the following villages of Nepal (Ethnologue).

Tanahun District, Gandaki Zone: Kulmun, Arthumpka, Andimul, and Baniyatar

Gorkha District, Gandaki Zone: Beltar

Nawalparasi District, Lumbini Zone: Dhodeni

Chitwan District, Narayani Zone: Chanaute

Dialects

Ethnologue lists the following dialects of Bhujel.

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“Bhujel language” enters the record as language. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Bhujel and language can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bhujel language” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.