Phupha language
{{Short description|Loloish languages of China}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Phupha
|nativename=Phuza
|states=China
|speakers={{sigfig|13,800|2}}
|date=2007
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
|fam2=Lolo-Burmese
|fam3=Loloish
|fam4=Southeastern
|fam5=Riverine Phula
|lc1=yph|ld1=Phupha
|lc2=aub|ld2=Alugu
|lc3=ypp|ld3=Phupa
|lc4=ypz|ld4=Phuza
|glotto=down1239
|glottorefname=Downriver Riverine Phula
}}
Phupha, or Downriver Phula, is a dialect cluster of Loloish languages spoken by the Phula people of China. There are four principal varieties, which may be considered distinct languages:
- Phupha, Alugu (Alugu Phupha)
- Phupa, Phuza
Usage is decreasing apart from Alugu, which is taught in primary schools.
The representative Phuza dialect studied in {{harvcoltxt|Pelkey|2011}} is that of Bujibai (补鸡白), Lengquan Township (冷泉镇), Mengzi County.
Demographics
The 4 dialects are spoken in the following locations:Ethnologue
- Phupa: southwest Mengzi county, southeast Lengquan and southeast Shuitian townships on southeast Gejiu panhandle.
- Phuza: southeast Gejiu county, southeast Kafang township; southwest Mengzi county, west Lengquan township.
- Phupha: southwest Gejiu county, 4 villages; Yuanyang county, 1 village across Honghe River.
- Alugu: Gejiu county, Manhao township; Yuanyang county, Fengchunling township across Honghe river.
Speakers are classified as Yi people.
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Works cited
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- {{Cite book |last=Pelkey |first=Jamin R. |title=Dialectology as Dialectic: Interpreting Phula Variation |date=2011 |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |isbn=978-3-11-024585-1 |location=Berlin |doi=10.1515/9783110245851}}
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{{Languages of China}}
{{Sino-Tibetan languages}}
{{Lolo-Burmese languages}}
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