Phola language


Phola, or Upriver Phula, is a dialect cluster of the Loloish languages spoken by the Phula people of China.
Phola proper is spoken by 13,000 people in Honghe County, Gejiu, Shiping County, Jianshui County and Yuanjiang County.
Alo Phola is spoken by 500 people in the village of Tuguozhai, Dashuiping Community, Lijiang Township, Yuanjiang County, Yunnan, where they are surrounded by Dai speakers.
Phala is spoken by 12,000 people out of an ethnic population of 13,000 in Honghe, Shiping, Jianshui and Yuanyang Counties.
The representative Phola dialect studied in Pelkey is that of Luodie, Wadie Township, Yuanjiang County.