Phunoi language
| Phunoi | |
|---|---|
| Singsali | |
| Native to | Laos |
| Region | Phongsaly Province |
| Ethnicity | Phunoi |
Native speakers | (45,000 cited 1995–2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pho |
| Glottolog | phun1245 |
| ELP | Phunoi |
Phunoi is a Loloish language (or languages) of Laos. Dialects are divergent and may be distinct languages; these are Black Khoany, White Khoany, Mung, Hwethom, Khaskhong. Bradley cites six languages within Phunoi.[2]
References
- ^ Phunoi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Bradley, David (2007). "East and Southeast Asia". In Christopher Moseley, ed. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. London and New York: Routledge.
Further Reading
- Boute, Vanina. 2010. Names and Territoriality among the Phounoy: How the State creates Ethnic Group (Lao PDR), in C. Culas et F. Robinne (eds.), Inter-Ethnic Dynamics in Asia. Considering the Other through ethnonyms, territories and rituals, London: Routledge, pp. 79-99.
- Kingsada, Thongpheth. 2002. Languages and Ethnic Classification in the Lao PDR. International Workshop on the "Cultural Diversity and Conservation in the making of Mainland Southeast Asia and Southwestern China: Regional Dynamics in Past and Present". Luang Prabang, Lao P.D.R.
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