| 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, orDownriver Phula, is adialect cluster ofLoloish languages spoken by thePhula people ofChina. There are four principal varieties, which may be considered distinct languages:
Usage is decreasing apart from Alugu, which is taught in primary schools.
The representative Phuza dialect studied inPelkey (2011) is that of Bujibai (补鸡白), Lengquan Township (冷泉镇),Mengzi County.
The 4 dialects are spoken in the following locations:[2]
Speakers are classified asYi people.
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||
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