Phula language

Phula language

language
name=Phula
familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
states=China, Vietnam
speakers=13,246
fam1=Sino-Tibetan
fam2=Tibeto-Burman
fam3=Lolo-Burmese
fam3=Loloish
iso3=phh

Phula is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Vietnam and China. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

Phonology

Consonants

Phula has the following consonants. [Pelkey 2005.]

Vowels

Phula has the following vowels. [Pelkey 2005.]

Tones

Phula has five tones: [Pelkey 2005.] high (55), mid (33), low (22), low-rising (24), and low-falling (21).

Notes

References

Robert Wayne Fried. 2000. "A Preliminary Phonological Sketch of Phu-kha, a Tibeto-Burman Language Spoken in Northern Vietnam," University of Texas at Arlington MA thesis.

Jamin R. Pelkey. 2005. "Puzzling over Phula: Toward the Synthesis and Statement of a Sub-Branch," "Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area" 28/2:41-78.


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