Paza language explained

Paza
Also Known As:Phusang
States:Laos
Ethnicity:Akha
Speakers:2,100
Date:2010
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:(Tibeto-Burman)
Fam3:Lolo–Burmese
Fam4:Loloish
Fam5:Southern
Fam6:Siloid
Iso3:none
Glotto:none

Paza (Phusang, Phosang, Phousang, Basar, Bazar, (Pusa?); autonym: pronounced as /pa33 za33/) is a Loloish language of northern Laos. Paza speakers consist of 2,100 people distributed in 8 villages of Ban Phusang Mai, Muang Samphan, Phongsaly, and 1 village in Oudomxay.[1] It is documented as "Phusang" in Kato (2008), which has a brief word list of the language collected from Phusangkao village, Samphan District.

Sources

Further reading

Schliesinger, Joachim. 2003. Ethnic Groups of Laos. vol. 4. Sino-Tibetan-Speaking Peoples. White Lotus Press. Bangkok. (see pages 134-19).

Notes and References

  1. http://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Paza.htm (Nathan Badenoch 2010)