Pela language
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Pela | |
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Bola | |
Native to | China |
Ethnicity | 1,000 (2001)[1] |
Native speakers
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400 (2000)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bxd |
Glottolog | pela1242 [2] |
Pela or Bola (Chinese: 波拉; autonym: pə˧˩la˥, exonym: po˧˩no˥˩) is a Burmish language of western Yunnan, China. In China, Pela speakers are classified as part of the Jingpo ethnic group. Pela may also be spoken in Burma.
Distribution[edit]
There are about 500 speakers as of 2005 (Bolayu Yanjiu 波拉语研究, p.3). The ethnic population is distributed as follows.
- Luxi City
- Lianghe County
- Bangwai 邦外
- Longchuan County
Yinqian 引欠 (or Yunqian 允欠)and Mengguang 勐广 have the largest Pela populations.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Pela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Pela". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=98248
- ^ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=98342
- ^ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=98340
- ^ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=98405
- ^ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=97454
- ^ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=97455
Further Reading[edit]
- 戴 Dai, 慶廈 Qingxia; 蔣 Jiang, 潁 Ying; 孔 Kong, 志恩 Zhi'en (2007). 波拉語研究 Bolayu Yanjiu [Study of the Pela Language] (in Chinese). Beijing: 民族出版社 Minzu Chubanshe. ISBN 9787105089932.
External links[edit]
- ELAR archive of Documentation of Pela
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