Phana’ language

Phana’
Native to	Laos, China
Native speakers	350 (1995 census)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Hanoish Hanoid Phana’
Language codes
ISO 639-3	phq
Glottolog	phan1254[2]

Phana’ is a Loloish language of Laos and China. Phana' is spoken by 500 people in Laos. In China, it is spoken in Mengla County, Yunnan Province. It is closely related to Sila, which is spoken by 2,000 people in Laos and Vietnam (Bradley 1997).

Phana' is spoken in 3 villages in Laos.

• Bopiet, Luang Namtha District, Luang Prabang
• Namtoung, Luang Namtha District, Luang Prabang
• 1 village in Houaxay District, Bokeo

References

1. Phana’ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Phana'". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

• http://asiaharvest.org/wp-content/themes/asia/docs/people-groups/China/chinaPeoples/P/Pana.pdf