Phunoi language

Phunoi
Singsali
Native to	Laos
Region	Phongsaly Province
Ethnicity	Phunoi
Native speakers	(45,000 cited 1995–2000) [1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Lolo–Burmese Loloish Southern Bisoid Phunoi–Bisu Phunoi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pho
Glottolog	phun1245
ELP	Phunoi

Phunoi (Sinsali) is a Loloish language of northern Laos. Dialects are divergent and may be distinct languages; these are Black Khoany, White Khoany, Mung, Hwethom, Khaskhong. Bradley cites six languages within Phunoi. ^[2]

In Phongsaly Province, Phunoi is spoken in Phongxaly District and Bun Tay District (including in Langne Village) (Kingsada 1999).

References

1. Phunoi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Bradley, David (2007). "East and Southeast Asia". In Christopher Moseley, ed. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. London and New York: Routledge.

Further reading

• Boute, Vanina. 2010. Names and Territoriality among the Phounoy: How the State creates Ethnic Group (Lao PDR), in C. Culas et F. Robinne (eds.), Inter-Ethnic Dynamics in Asia. Considering the Other through ethnonyms, territories and rituals, London: Routledge, pp. 79–99.
• Kingsadā, Thō̜ngphet, and Tadahiko Shintani. 1999. Basic Vocabularies of the Languages Spoken in Phongxaly, Lao P.D.R. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
• Kingsada, Thongpheth. 2002. Languages and Ethnic Classification in the Lao PDR. International Workshop on the "Cultural Diversity and Conservation in the making of Mainland Southeast Asia and Southwestern China: Regional Dynamics in Past and Present". Luang Prabang, Lao P.D.R.
• Dai Qingxia. 2018. The Punei language of Laos [Laowo Puneiyu yanjiu 老挝普内语研究]. Beijing: Science Press 科学出版社. ISBN   9787030567529