Muji language

Muji
Muji
Bokha
Native to	China
Native speakers	55,000 (2007)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Lolo-Burmese Loloish Southeastern Highland Phula Muji languages Core Muji Muji; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; ymc – Southern Muji; ymq – Qila Muji; ymx – Northern Muji (Bokha); ybk – Bokha (Black Muji); ypm – Phuma (Black Muji)
Glottolog	core1246

Muji or Muzi is a Loloish language cluster spoken by the Phula people of China. It is one of several such languages to go by the name Muji. Muji varieties are Northern Muji, Qila Muji, Southern Muji, and Bokha–Phuma.^[2]

The representative Southern Muji dialect studied in Pelkey (2011) is that of Pujiazhai (普家寨), Adebo Township (阿德博乡), Jinping County.

Qila Muji is spoken in the following three villages:^[3]

Qila (期腊^[4]) Laojizhai Township (老集寨乡), southern Jinping County, China
Wantan, Jinshuihe Township 金水河镇, southern Jinping County, China
Muong Gong, northwestern Lai Châu Province, Vietnam

Phonology

Qila dialect has velar lateral affricates /k𝼄ʰ, k𝼄, ɡʟ̝/.^[5]

References

^ Southern Muji at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
Qila Muji at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
Northern Muji (Bokha) at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
^ Pelkey (2011).
^ Pelkey (2011), p. 166.
^ "Jīnpíng Miáozú Yáozú Dǎizú Zìzhìxiàn Jīnshuǐhé Zhèn Lǎoliú Cūnwěihuì Qílà Cūn" 金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县金水河镇老刘村委会期腊村 [Qila Village; Laoliu Village Committee; Jinshuihe Town; Jinping Miao, Yao and Dai Autonomous County]. ynszxc.gov.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
^ Pelkey (2011), p. 243.

Muji
Bokha
Native to	China
Native speakers	55,000 (2007)^[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Lolo-Burmese Loloish Southeastern Highland Phula Muji languages Core Muji Muji
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: `ymc` – Southern Muji `ymq` – Qila Muji `ymx` – Northern Muji (Bokha) `ybk` – Bokha (Black Muji) `ypm` – Phuma (Black Muji)
Glottolog	`core1246`

Muji language

Phonology

References

Further reading