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Paza language

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Native to
  
Laos

Native speakers
  
2,100 (2010)

Glottolog
  
None

Ethnicity
  
Akha

ISO 639-3
  
None (mis)

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Hanoish (unclassified) Paza

Paza (Phosang, Phousang; autonym: pa˧za˧) is a Loloish language of northern Laos. Paza speakers consist of 2,100 people distributed in 8 villages of Ban Phusang Mai, Muang Samphan, Phongsaly, and 1 village in Oudomxay. It is documented as "Phusang" in Kato (2008), which has a brief word list of the language collected from Phusangkao village, Samphan District.

References

Paza language Wikipedia