| Paza | |
| Also Known As: | Phusang |
| States: | Laos |
| Ethnicity: | Akha |
| Speakers: | 2,100 |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Ref: | [1] |
| Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Fam2: | (Tibeto-Burman) |
| Fam3: | Lolo–Burmese |
| Fam4: | Loloish |
| Fam5: | Southern |
| Fam6: | Siloid |
| Iso3: | none |
| Glotto: | none |
Paza (Phusang, Phosang, Phousang, Basar, Bazar, (Pusa?); autonym: pronounced as /pa33 za33/) is a Loloish language of northern Laos. Paza speakers consist of 2,100 people distributed in 8 villages of Ban Phusang Mai, Muang Samphan, Phongsaly, and 1 village in Oudomxay.[1] It is documented as "Phusang" in Kato (2008), which has a brief word list of the language collected from Phusangkao village, Samphan District.
Schliesinger, Joachim. 2003. Ethnic Groups of Laos. vol. 4. Sino-Tibetan-Speaking Peoples. White Lotus Press. Bangkok. (see pages 134-19).