Muji language
| Muji | |
|---|---|
| Bokha | |
| Native to | China |
Native speakers | 55,000 (2007)[1] |
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Sino-Tibetan
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| 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[2] |
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
Phonology
Qila dialect has velar lateral affricates /kʰ, 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) - ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Core Muji". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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