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Phana'

Phana' is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China and Laos. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Phana' · 21.9°N 102.0°E

Phanaʼ (autonym: pa55 na33); also called Bana or Pana) is a Loloish language of Laos and China. Phanaʼ is spoken by 500 people in Laos. In China, it is spoken in Mengla County, Yunnan Province (Bradley 2007). It is closely related to Sila, which is spoken by 2,000 people in Laos and Vietnam (Bradley 1997). Badenoch reports that it is similar to vɛ33 ɲɯ33 (Ban Ban Sida).

Phanaʼ is spoken in three villages in Laos (Ethnologue).

Bopiet, Luang Namtha District, Luang Namtha Province

From Wikipedia · Phanaʼ language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Phana'

MeaningWordRomanization
eyenapa*
earmasi*
toothniouso*
tonguemenla*
handyola*
wateroutiou*
firemitsia*
sunnama*
starphekeu*
stoneloama*
mountainkandada*
treeCitzen*
dogakheu*
fishNasa*
drinkoutsiouto*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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