Sapa language

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Sapa
Tày Sa Pa
Native to Vietnam
Region Sa Pa
Native speakers 300  (2002)[1]
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 tys

Sapa, or Tày Sa Pa, is a Tai language of Sa Pa, Lao Cai province, northern Vietnam. According to Pittayaporn (2009), it is the closest relative of the Southwestern Tai languages, but does not share the phonological innovations that define that group.

References [edit]

  1. ^ Sapa at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)