| Phunoi | |
|---|---|
| Singsali | |
| Native to | Laos |
| Region | Phongsaly Province |
| Ethnicity | Phunoi |
Native speakers | (45,000 cited 1995–2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pho |
| Glottolog | phun1245 |
| ELP | Phunoi |
Phunoi (Sinsali) is a Loloish language of northern Laos. Dialects are divergent and may be distinct languages; these are Black Khoany, White Khoany, Mung, Hwethom, Khaskhong. Bradley cites six languages within Phunoi.[2]
In Phongsaly Province, Phunoi is spoken in Phongxaly District and Bun Tay District (including in Langne Village) (Kingsada 1999).
- ^ Phunoi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Bradley, David (2007). "East and Southeast Asia". In Christopher Moseley, ed. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. London and New York: Routledge.