Phanaʼ language

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Not to be confused with Pa Na language, Pana language, or Pana language (Gur).
Phanaʼ
Bana, Pana
Native toLaos, China
Native speakers
(350 cited 1995 census)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3phq
Glottologphan1254
ELPPhana'

Phanaʼ (autonym: pa55 na33);

Sila, which is spoken by 2,000 people in Laos and Vietnam (Bradley 1997). Badenoch reports that it is similar to vɛ33 ɲɯ33 (Ban Ban Sida).[2]

Phanaʼ is spoken in three villages in Laos (Ethnologue).

  • Bopiet,
    Luang Prabang Province
  • Namtoung,
    Luang Prabang Province
  • one village in
    Bokeo Province

Bradley (2007) reports a population of about 1,000 for Phanaʼ.[3]

Lefèvre-Pontalis (1892)

Lai Chau province, Vietnam
, and provides a word list for Phanaʼ as well.

Numerals

Phanaʼ (Bana) numerals are as follows.[2]

  1. tʰɯ21
  2. ŋɛ21
  3. sy55
  4. li21
  5. ŋɔ21
  6. kʰʲõ21
  7. ɕĩ21
  8. ɛ̃21
  9. kø21
  10. tsʰɤ55

References

  1. ^ Phanaʼ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b c "Numeral Systems of the World".
  3. ^ Bradley, David. 2007. East and Southeast Asia. In Moseley, Christopher (ed.), Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 349-424. London & New York: Routledge.
  4. ^ Lefèvre-Pontalis, Pierre. 1892. Notes sur quelques populations du nord de l'Indo-Chine [Notes on some populations of northern Indo-China]. Journal Asiatique 19, 8, 8. 237-269, 129-154, 291-303.

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