Phupha language
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Phupa language
)| Phupha | |
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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 |
Phupha, or Downriver Phula, is a
Phula people of China
. There are four principal varieties, which may be considered distinct languages:
- Phupha, Alugu (Alugu Phupha)
- Phupa, Phuza
Usage is decreasing apart from Alugu, which is taught in primary schools.
The representative Phuza dialect studied in
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. 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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Arunachal ) |
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