Pela language

Pela
Bola
Native to	China
Ethnicity	1,000 (2001)[1]
Native speakers	400 (2000)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Burmish Maruic Pela
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bxd
Glottolog	pela1242[2]

Pela or Bola (Chinese: 波拉; autonym: pə˧˩la˥, exonym: po˧˩no˥˩) is a Burmish language of western Yunnan, China. In China, Pela speakers are classified as part of the Jingpo ethnic group. Pela may also be spoken in Burma.

Distribution

There are about 500 speakers as of 2005 (Bolayu Yanjiu 波拉语研究). The ethnic population is distributed as follows.

• Luxi City
  • Santaishan 三台山乡
    • Yinqian 引欠村
    • Kongjiazhai 孔家寨 (representative dialect; Pela: tsɛ˧˩kʰauŋ˧˥tam˧˩)
  • Wuchalu 五岔路乡
    • Mengguang 勐广村
    • Nongnong 弄弄村
    • Gongqiu 贡丘
  • Xishan 西山乡
    • 2nd cluster 二组, Banzai 板栽
  • Chengjiao 城郊
    • Huashulin 桦树林
• Lianghe County
  • Bangwai 邦外
• Longchuan County
  • Shuangwopu 双窝铺
  • Wangzishu 王子树
  • Palangnong 浪弄

Yinqian 引欠 (or Yunqian 允欠)^[3] and Mengguang 勐广^[4] have the largest Pela populations.

References

1. Pela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Pela". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
3. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=98285
4. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=98342