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Hpon language

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Hpon
Native toBurma
Ethnicity1,500 (2007)[1]
Extinctby 2007[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3hpo
Glottologhpon1238
ELPHpon

Hpon (Hpun) is a moribund Burmish language spoken by older adults in the gorges of the upper Irrawaddy River of Burma, north of Bhamo. There are two dialects, northern and southern.

References

  1. ^ a b Hpon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)