Thopho, or ''Black Phula'', is an endangered
Loloish language
The Loloish languages, also known as Yi in China and occasionally Ngwi or Nisoic, are a family of fifty to a hundred Sino-Tibetan languages spoken primarily in the Yunnan province of China. They are most closely related to Burmese and its rel ...
spoken by the
Phula people
Phula is a village in Singhpur block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India
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of
Yunnan
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,
China
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. There are 200 speakers out of an ethnic population of 500 speakers. It is spoken in the following two villages in eastern
Guangnan County
Guangnan County (; Zhuang: ) is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China. The seat of Guangnan, known today as Liancheng (), was the heart of the Gouding Kingdom () that lasted approximately 400 years, fr ...
, Yunnan.
*Bacai 坝彩, Zhongzhai Village 中寨村, Zhulin Township 珠琳镇
*Xinzhai 新寨, Zhema Village 者妈村, Zhetu Township 者兔乡
(living alongside Zhuang speakers)
References
Loloish languages
Languages of China
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