Phukha language

Phukha is a Loloish language spoken by the Phula people of Vietnam and Southern China.

Distribution Phukha is spoken near Lao Cai town; Xin Mun District of Ha Giang Province and Lai Chau and Son La Provinces in Vietnam and villages in Maguan, Malipo and Hekou Counties in China. Phula people in Yen Bai Province do not speak Phukha but speak Laghuu.

Phonology

Consonants Phukha has the following consonants.Pelkey 2005.

Labial Coronal Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Plosive/Affricate Fricative v̰ z̰ ʒ̰ Nasal Approximant

Vowels Phukha has the following vowels.

front central back unrounded rounded High High-mid Low-mid Low

Tones Phukha has five tones: high (/55/), mid (/33/), low (/22/), low-rising (/24/), and low-falling (/21/).

Notes

References Robert Wayne Fried. 2000. "A Preliminary Phonological Sketch of Phu-kha, a Tibeto-Burman Language Spoken in Northern Vietnam," University of Texas at Arlington MA thesis. Jamin R. Pelkey. 2005. "Puzzling over Phula: Toward the Synthesis and Statement of a Sub-Branch," Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 28/2:41-78.