Thopho language

Endangered Loloish language of Yunnan, China
Thopho
Native toChina
RegionYunnan
Native speakers
200 (2011)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Loloish
      • Southeastern
        • Highland Phula
          • Muji languages
            • Thopho
Language codes
ISO 639-3ytp
Glottologthop1236

Thopho, or Black Phula, is an endangered Loloish language spoken by the Phula people of Yunnan, China. There are 200 speakers out of an ethnic population of 500 speakers. It is spoken in the following two villages in eastern Guangnan County, Yunnan.

  • Bacai 坝彩, Zhongzhai Village 中寨村, Zhulin Township 珠琳镇[2]
  • Xinzhai 新寨, Zhema Village 者妈村, Zhetu Township 者兔乡[3] (living alongside Zhuang speakers)

References

  1. ^ Thopho at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "广南县珠琳镇中寨村委会坝彩". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  3. ^ "广南县者兔乡者妈村委会新寨自然村". Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
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