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Thopho language

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Native to
  
China

Native speakers
  
200 (2011)

Glottolog
  
thop1236

Region
  
Yunnan

ISO 639-3
  
ytp

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan Lolo-Burmese Loloish Southeastern Highland Phula Muji languages Thopho

Thopho, or Black Phula, is an endangered Loloish language spoken by the Phula people of Yunnan, China. There are 200 speakers out of an ethnic population of 500 speakers. It is spoken in the following two villages in eastern Guangnan County, Yunnan.

  • Bacai 坝彩, Zhongzhai Village 中寨村, Zhulin Township 珠琳镇
  • Xinzhai 新寨, Zhema Village 者妈村, Zhetu Township 者兔乡 (living alongside Zhuang speakers)
  • References

    Thopho language Wikipedia