Bunan (other)
Bunan may be: *Bunan language, a Tibetic (Sino-Tibetan) language of Himachal Pradesh, India *Salmawaih ibn Bunan, medieval translator of Greek medical works into Arabic See also *Lahuli language (other) Lahuli, Lahauli or Lahul Bhoti may be any of several closely related Lahuli–Spiti languages (or "Western Innovative Tibetan"), of the Lahaul and Spiti district, in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. These include: * Bhoti Kinnauri also called ...

Bunan Language
Bunan, also known as Gahri, Ghara, Lahuli of Bunan, Boonan, Punan, Poonan, Erankad or Keylong Boli, is a Tibeto-Burman minority language, largely spoken in the Keylong block of Lahaul and Spiti district, in the northernmost region of Himachal Pradesh, India. The number of people speaking the language is only approximately 4,000 in India. The Tibeto-Burman language family consists of fourteen languages spoken in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and Bunan is assigned to the West Himalayish branch. Status The Endangered Languages Project classifies it as a ‘threatened’ language due to the changing economic landscape of the Lahaul region and the migration of Bunan speakers to other areas of the country, especially the younger generation migrating for education and employment. In the UNESCO list of endangered languages, Bunan is mentioned as ‘definitely endangered’ from extinction. The language has its own grammar, as documented by various scholars. The Scheme for Protec ...
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Salmawaih Ibn Bunan
Salmawaih ibn Bunan (died 840) was an Assyrian Nestorian Christian physician who translated works of Galen from Greek into Arabic. De Lacy O'Leary How Greek science passed to the Arab"How Greek Science Passed to the Arabs" online2002- Page 166 "Hunayn had many other friends and clients, mostly physicians of Jundi-Shapur and those who had removed to Baghdad and used the Arabic language, like Salmawaih ibn Bunan an alumnus of Jundi-Shapur who became court physician to ..." He flourished at the time of the Abbasid caliphs al-Ma'mun () and al-Mu'tasim (), serving as private physician to the latter. It is reported that al-Mu'tasim trusted Salmawaih to such an extent that he called him "father", and that he prayed in person over Salmawaih's grave when he died. He was a patron of the fellow Nestorian physician and translator Hunayn ibn Ishaq, helping him in his translation of Galen's ''On The Therapeutic Method''. His scientific work included studies on the harmful effects of aphrodisiac ...
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