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
| Phupha | |
|---|---|
| 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
edit- ^ 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
edit- 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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