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.
Bibliography
- 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.
Notes and References
- 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
- Web site: Change Request Documentation: 2011-096. SIL International.
