Phowa language

Phowa
	Puwa
Native to	China
Native speakers	63,000 (2007)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Lolo-Burmese Loloish Southeastern Highland Phula Phowa Phowa; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; yhl – Hlepho Phowa; ypb – Labo Phowa; ypn – Ani Phowa
Glottolog	hlep1236 Hlepho Phowa; anil1235 Ani-Labo

Phowa is a dialect cluster of Loloish languages spoken by the Phula people of China. There are three principal varieties, Hlepho, Ani, and Labo, which may be considered distinct languages. Hlepho may be closer to Phukha than it is to Labo and Ani. Usage is decreasing, with about two thirds of Phowa speaking their language.

The representative Hlepho Phowa dialect studied in Pelkey (2011) is that of Feizuke 菲租克, Xinhua Township 新华乡, Pingbian County.

References

Hlepho Phowa at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
Labo Phowa at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
Ani Phowa at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)

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[e16-1] Hlepho Phowa at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
Labo Phowa at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
Ani Phowa at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)