Social:Thopho language

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Short description: Endangered Loloish language of Yunnan, China
Thopho
Native toChina
RegionYunnan
Native speakers
200 (2011)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Loloish
      • Southeastern
        • Highland Phula
          • Muji languages
            • Thopho
Language codes
ISO 639-3ytp
Glottologthop1236[2]

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[3]
  • Xinzhai 新寨, Zhema Village 者妈村, Zhetu Township 者兔乡[4] (living alongside Zhuang speakers)

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