Muji language

Muji
	Bokha
Native to	China
Native speakers	55,000 (2007)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Lolo-Burmese Loloish Southeastern Highland Phula Muji languages Core Muji Muji; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; ymc – Southern Muji; ymq – Qila Muji; ymx – Northern Muji (Bokha); ybk – Bokha (Black Muji); ypm – Phuma (Black Muji)
Glottolog	core1246

Muji is a Loloish language cluster spoken by the Phula people of China. It is one of several such languages to go by the name Muji. Muji varieties are Northern Muji, Qila Muji, Southern Muji, and Bokha–Phuma (Pelkey 2011).

The representative Southern Muji dialect studied in Pelkey (2011) is that of Pujiazhai 普家寨, Adebo Township 阿德博乡, Jinping County.

Qila Muji is spoken in the following 3 villages (Pelkey 2011:166).

Qila 期腊,[2] Laojizhai Township 老集寨乡, southern Jinping County, China
Wantan, Jinshuihe Township 金水河镇, southern Jinping County, China
Muong Gong, northwestern Lai Chau Province, Vietnam

Phonology

Qila dialect has velar lateral affricates /kʰ, k, ɡʟ̝/ (Pelkey 2011: 243).

References

Southern Muji at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
Qila Muji at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
Northern Muji (Bokha) at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=188162

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[e16-1] Southern Muji at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
Qila Muji at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
Northern Muji (Bokha) at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)

[2] ttp://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=188162