Eka language

{{Short description|Loloish language of Yunnan, China}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Eka

|nativename=

|states=China

|ethnicity=Yi

|speakers=3,000

|date=2010

|ref=Yang, Cathryn. 2010. Lalo regional varieties: Phylogeny, dialectometry, and sociolinguistics. Melbourne: La Trobe University PhD dissertation.[http://arrow.latrobe.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.9/153015]

|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan

|fam2=(Tibeto-Burman)

|fam3=Lolo–Burmese

|fam4=Loloish

|fam5=Lisoish

|fam6=Lalo–Lavu

|iso3=none

|iso3comment=(proposal rejected){{Cite web|url=https://iso639-3.sil.org/request/2011-096|title=Change Request Documentation: 2011-096|publisher=SIL International}}

|glotto=ekaa1234

|glottorefname=Eka

}}

Eka (autonym: o21 kha24; exonym: Menghua) is a Loloish language of Yunnan, China. There are 3,000 speakers in Yijiacun, Heliu, Shuangjiang County, Lincang Prefecture. Eka speakers claim to have migrated from Weishan County about 300 years ago.

References

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Bibliography

  • Yang, Cathryn. 2010. Lalo regional varieties: Phylogeny, dialectometry, and sociolinguistics. Melbourne: La Trobe University PhD dissertation. http://arrow.latrobe.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.9/153015.

{{Languages of China}}

{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}

{{Lolo-Burmese languages}}

Category:Loloish languages

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