Pela language
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Pela | |
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Bola | |
Pronunciation | IPA: [pə˧˩la˥] |
Native to | China |
Ethnicity | 1,000 (2001)[1] |
Native speakers | 400 (2000)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bxd |
Glottolog | pela1242 |
ELP | Pela |
![]() Bola is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Pela or Bola (Chinese: 波拉; autonym: pə³¹la⁵⁵, exonym: po³¹no⁵¹), 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.[2] The ethnic population is distributed as follows.
- Mangshi
- 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) (subscription required)
- ^ Bolayu Yanjiu, 波拉语研究, p. 3
- ^ "Lùxī Shì Sāntái Shān Dé'ángzú Xiāng Yǔnqiàn Cūnwěihuì" 潞西市三台山德昂族乡允欠村委会 [Yunqian Village Committee, Deang Ethnic Township, Santai Mountain, Luxi City]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-10-02.
- ^ "Lùxī Shì Wǔchàlù Xiāng Wāndān Cūnwěihuì Měngguǎng Zìráncūn" 潞西市五岔路乡弯丹村委会勐广自然村 [Mengguang Natural Village, Wandan Village Committee, Wuchalu Township, Luxi City]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- ^ "Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese).[dead link]
- ^ "Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese).[dead link]
- ^ "Lǒngchuān Xiàn Jǐnghǎn Zhèn Mànmiàn Cūnwěihuì Dàpàlàng Zìráncūn" 陇川县景罕镇曼面村委会大帕浪自然村 [Dapalang Natural Village, Manmian Village Committee, Jinghan Town, Longchuan County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2016-10-10.
- ^ "Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese).[dead link]
Further reading
[edit]- Dai, Qingxia 戴慶廈; Jiang, Ying 蔣潁; Kong, Zhi'en 孔志恩 (2007). Bōlāyǔ yánjiū 波拉語研究 [Study of the Pela Language] (in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe. ISBN 9787105089932.
External links
[edit]- ELAR archive of Documentation of Pela