Glottolog down1239 | Native speakers 14,000 (2007) | |
Language family Sino-TibetanLolo-BurmeseLoloishSoutheasternRiverine PhulaPhupha ISO 639-3 Variously:yph – Phuphaaub – Aluguypp – Phupaypz – Phuza | ||
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:
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
Phupha language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA