Zokhuo language

Zokhuo
Zokhuo
Native to	China, Vietnam
Region	Yunnan
Ethnicity	17,000 (2011?)
Native speakers	13,000 in China (2011)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Lolo-Burmese Loloish Southeastern Highland Phula Phowa Khlula–Zokhuo Zokhuo; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yzk
Linguist List	qbf Chökö
Glottolog	zokh1238

Zokhuo (autonym: dzu21 kʰʊ33), also known as Niuweiba (Cowtail) Phula, is a Loloish language spoken by the Phula people of China. It appears to be the Chökö (Tśökö) of Vietnam.

Demographics

In China, Zokhuo speakers are found in Yunnan province: southeast Wenshan County, south Dongshan and north Zhuiligai townships; south Yanshan County, Yunnan. Speakers are classified as Yi people. According to linguist Jamin Pelkey, Zokhuo is endangered and at risk of becoming moribund.

References

↑ Zokhuo language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
↑ Zokhuo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Pelkey (2011).
↑ ethnologue
↑ Pelkey, Jamin R. Dialectology as dialectic: Interpreting Phula variation. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2011.

Works cited

Pelkey, Jamin R. (2011). Dialectology as Dialectic: Interpreting Phula Variation. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. doi:10.1515/9783110245851. ISBN 978-3-11-024585-1.

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[e17-1] Zokhuo language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

[e18-2] Zokhuo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[FOOTNOTEPelkey2011-3] Pelkey (2011).

[4] thnologue

[5] Pelkey, Jamin R. Dialectology as dialectic: Interpreting Phula variation. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2011.