Eka language explained

Eka
States:China
Ethnicity:Yi
Speakers:3,000
Date:2010
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:(Tibeto-Burman)
Fam3:Lolo–Burmese
Fam4:Loloish
Fam5:Lisoish
Fam6:Lalo–Lavu
Iso3:none
Iso3comment:(proposal rejected)[2]
Glotto:ekaa1234
Glottorefname:Eka

Eka (autonym: o21 kha24; exonym: Menghua[1]) is a Loloish language of Yunnan, China. There are 3,000 speakers in Yijiacun, Heliu, Shuangjiang County, Lincang Prefecture. Eka speakers claim to have migrated from Weishan County about 300 years ago.

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Notes and References

  1. Yang, Cathryn. 2010. Lalo regional varieties: Phylogeny, dialectometry, and sociolinguistics. Melbourne: La Trobe University PhD dissertation.http://arrow.latrobe.edu.au:8080/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.9/153015
  2. Web site: Change Request Documentation: 2011-096. SIL International.