Phukha language

Phukha
Phukha
Phula
Native to	China,Vietnam
Ethnicity	18,000Phula people(undated – 2009)
Native speakers	100,000 (2008–2011)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Lolo-Burmese Loloish Southeastern Highland Phula Phowa Hlepho–Phukha Phukha; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	phh
Glottolog	phuk1235
ELP	Phula
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Distribution

Phukha is spoken nearLao Caitown;Xin Mun DistrictofHa Giang ProvinceandLai ChauandSon La Provincesin Vietnam and villages inMaguan,MalipoandHekou Countiesin China. Phula people inYen Bai Provincedo not speak Phukha but speakLaghuu.

Phukha has the following consonants.^[2]

		Labial	Coronal			Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular
		Labial	Plain	Lateral	Sibilant	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Uvular
Plosive/ Affricate	Aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	tɬʰ	tsʰ	tʂʰ	tʃʰ	kʰ
	Voiceless	p	t	tɬ	ts	tʂ	tʃ	k
	Voiced	b	d	dɮ				ɡ
Fricative	Voiceless	f	s	ɬ		ʂ	ʃ		χ
	Voiced	v	z	ɮ		ʐ	ʒ		ʁ
	Laryngealized	v̰	z̰				ʒ̰
Nasal		m	n					ŋ
Approximant		w		l			j

Phukha has the following vowels.^[2]

Phukha has five tones:^[2]high/˥/(/55/), mid/˧/(/33/), low/˨/(/22/), low-rising/˨˦/(/24/), and low-falling/˨˩/(/21/).

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 Area28/2:41-78.