Phukha language

Phukha
Phula
Native to China, Vietnam
Ethnicity 18,000 Phula people (undated – 2009)[1]
Native speakers
 100,000 (2008–2011)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 phh
Glottolog phuk1235[2]

Phukha is one of the Loloish languages spoken by the Phula people of Vietnam and China.[1]

Phonology

Consonants

Phukha has the following consonants.[3]

Labial Coronal Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular
Central Lateral
Stops Aspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ
Voiceless p t k
Voiced b d ɡ
Affricates Aspirated tsʰ tɬʰ tʂʰ tʃʰ
Voiceless ts tɬ tʂ tʃ
Voiced dɮ
Fricatives Voiceless f s ɬ ʂ ʃ χ
Voiced v z ɮ ʐ ʒ ʁ
Voiced laryngealized v* z* ʒ*
Nasals m ɮ ŋ
Approximants w ɬ j

Vowels

Phukha has the following vowels.[3]

front central back
unrounded 		back
rounded
High i ɨ ɯ u
Hi-Mid e ə ɯ
Lo-Mid ɛ ʌ ɔ
Low ɡ

Tones

Phukha has five tones:[3] high /˥/, mid /˧/, low /˨/, low-rising /˨˦/, and low-falling /˨˩/.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Phukha at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Phukha". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. 1 2 3 Pelkey 2005.

References

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