Phupha language

Loloish languages of China
Phupha
Phuza
Native toChina
Native speakers
14,000 (2007)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Loloish
      • Southeastern
        • Riverine Phula
          • Phupha
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
yph – Phupha
aub – Alugu
ypp – Phupa
ypz – Phuza
Glottologdown1239

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

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

  1. ^ 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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