Muji language

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Muji
Bokha
Native to China
Native speakers
55,000 (2007)[1]
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 /kʰ, k, ɡʟ̝/ (Pelkey 2011: 243).

References

  1. Southern Muji at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
    Qila Muji at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
    Northern Muji (Bokha) at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
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