Native to China Native speakers 400 (2000) Glottolog pela1242 | Ethnicity 1,000 (2001) ISO 639-3 bxd | |
Language family Sino-Tibetan(Tibeto-Burman)Lolo–BurmeseBurmishMaruicPela | ||
Pela or Bola (Chinese: 波拉; autonym: pə˧˩la˥, exonym: po˧˩no˥˩) is a Burmish language of western Yunnan, China. In China, Pela speakers are classified as part of the Jingpo ethnic group. Pela may also be spoken in Burma.
Distribution
There are about 500 speakers as of 2005 (Bolayu Yanjiu 波拉语研究, p. 3). The ethnic population is distributed as follows.
Yinqian 引欠 (or Yunqian 允欠)and Mengguang 勐广 have the largest Pela populations.
References
Pela language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA