Phongku language explained

Phongku
Also Known As:	Phu Lawa
States:	Laos
Familycolor:	Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:	Tibeto-Burman
Fam3:	Lolo–Burmese
Fam4:	Loloish
Fam5:	Southern
Fam6:	Bisoid
Iso3:	none
Glotto:	none

Phongku (pronounced as /pʰɔŋ33 ku55 bɔ11/) is a Loloish language of Phongsaly Province, northern Laos. David Bradley (2007)^[1] lists pronounced as /pʰɔŋ33 ku55/ as the autonym.

In Phongsaly Province, Laos, Phongku is spoken in Phongku Long, Bun Tay District (Kingsada 1999). Another group called pronounced as /pʰɔŋ33 ku55/ or Phu-Lawa speaks a closely related language variety in Phongkulong village, Bun Tay District (Shintani 2001).

Sources

• Kingsadā, Thō̜ngphet, and Tadahiko Shintani. 1999 Basic Vocabularies of the Languages Spoken in Phongxaly, Lao P.D.R. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
• Shintani, Tadahiko, Ryuichi Kosaka, and Takashi Kato. 2001. Linguistic Survey of Phongxaly, Lao P.D.R. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
• Wright, Pamela Sue. n.d. Singsali (Phunoi) Speech Varieties Of Phongsali Province. m.s.

Notes and References

1. Bradley, David (2007). "Language Endangerment in China and Mainland Southeast Asia". In Matthias Brenzinger, ed. Language diversity endangered. New York: Mouton de Gruyter.