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Zokhuo language

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Zokhuo
Native toChina, Vietnam
RegionYunnan
Ethnicity17,000 (2011?)[1]
Native speakers
13,000 in China (2011)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3yzk
qbf Chökö
Glottologzokh1238

Zokhuo (autonym: dzu21 kʰʊ33), also known as Niuweiba (Cowtail) Phula, is a Loloish language spoken by the Phula people of China. It appears to be the Chökö (Tśökö) of Vietnam.[3]

Demographics

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In China, Zokhuo speakers are found in Yunnan province: southeast Wenshan County, south Dongshan and north Zhuiligai townships; south Yanshan County, Yunnan.[4] Speakers are classified as Yi people. According to linguist Jamin Pelkey, Zokhuo is endangered and at risk of becoming moribund.[5]

References

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  1. ↑ Zokhuo language at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) Closed access icon
  2. ↑ Zokhuo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. ↑ Pelkey (2011).
  4. ↑ ethnologue
  5. ↑ Pelkey, Jamin R. Dialectology as dialectic: Interpreting Phula variation. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 2011.

Works cited

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  • Pelkey, Jamin R. (2011). Dialectology as Dialectic: Interpreting Phula Variation. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. doi:10.1515/9783110245851. ISBN 978-3-11-024585-1.