Phupha language
Phupha, or Downriver Phula, is a dialect cluster of Loloish languages spoken by the Phula people of China. There are four principal varieties, which may be considered distinct languages:
- Phupha, Alugu (Alugu Phupha)
- Phupa, Phuza
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| Phuza | |
| Native to | China |
Native speakers | 14,000 (2007)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:yph – Phuphaaub – Aluguypp – Phupaypz – Phuza |
| Glottolog | down1239 |
Usage is decreasing apart from Alugu, which is taught in primary schools.
The representative Phuza dialect studied in Pelkey (2011) is that of Bujibai (补鸡白), Lengquan Township (冷泉镇), Mengzi County.
References
- Phupha at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Alugu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Phupa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Phuza at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Works cited
- Pelkey, Jamin R. (2011). Dialectology as Dialectic: Interpreting Phula Variation. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. doi:10.1515/9783110245851. ISBN 978-3-11-024585-1.
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo-Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||
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