Khlula language

Khlula
Khlula
Native to	China
Native speakers	21,000 (2011)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Lolo-Burmese Loloish Southeastern Highland Phula Phowa Khlula–Zokhuo Khlula; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ykl
Glottolog	khlu1236

Khlula is a Loloish language. It is spoken by the Phula people of China.

Demographics

Khlula is spoken in southeast Wenshan County (in Liujing township), and north and central Maguan county (in Dalishu, Miechang, Muchang, and Renhe townships), Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan, China.^[2]

 Khlula is also known as Tula, Namupha, Alapha, Mo, Pao, Hei Phula, Black Phula, Shaoji Phula, Sifter basket Phula, Phulapha, Zokhuo Na, Black Zokhuo, or Khlula Yi. It is closely related to Zokhuo and this two languages form theKhlula-Zokhuo subgroup of the Phula languages which are part of the Southeastern Loloish languages which are a branch of the Loloish languages.

 Khlula speakers are classified as Yi by the Chinese government. Khlula is known as 科鲁拉语 (Kēlǔlāyǔ) in Chinese.

References

^ Khlula at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Ethnologue

[e18-1] Khlula at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Ethnologue

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