Muji language

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Muji
Bokha
Native to China
Native speakers
ca. 55,000  (2007)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
ymc  Southern Muji
ymq  Qila Muji
ymx  Northern Muji (Bokha)
ybk  Bokha (Black Muji)
ypm  Phuma (Black Muji)

Muji, or Bokha, 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.

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

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

  • Qila, Laojizhai Township 老集寨乡, southern Jinping County, China
  • Wantang, Jinshuihe Township 金水河镇, southern Jinping County, China
  • Muong Hong, northwestern Lai Chau Province, Vietnam

References

  1. Southern Muji reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
    Qila Muji reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
    Northern Muji (Bokha) reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
    Bokha (Black Muji) reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
    Phuma (Black Muji) reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
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