Bawm | |
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Banjogi | |
Native to | Bangladesh, India, Myanmar |
Region | Rangamati and Bandarban |
Ethnicity | Bawm |
Native speakers | ca. 16,000 (2004–2011)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bgr |
Glottolog | bawm1236 |
ELP | Bawm Chin |
Bawm or Bawm Zo, also known as Banjogi, is a Kuki-Chin language primarily spoken in Bangladesh. It is also spoken in adjacent regions of Northeast India and Myanmar.[2][page needed] The Bawms that live on the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh call their settlements "Bawmram", which literally means an area or location inhabited by Bawms.[3][page needed]
In Mizoram, India, Bawm is spoken in Chhimtuipui district, Lunglei district, and Aizawl district (Ethnologue). It is also spoken in the states of Tripura and Assam.[citation needed]