Pela
[aka Bola, Bela, Pala]Classification: Sino-Tibetan
·vulnerable
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Vulnerable
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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~ 600
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~ 600
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Around 500 speakers in China and 100 speakers in Myanmar. Classified under the Jingpo 景頗 nationality in China.
- DATE OF INFO
- 2005
- DOMAINS OF USE
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- SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
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- TRANSMISSION
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- SPEAKER ATTITUDE
- positive
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Zaiwa; Maru; Lashi; Mandarin; Dai;
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
The Pela people practice exogamy with speakers of other Jingpo 景頗 languages in China such as Zaiwa 載瓦, Maru 浪速 and Lashi 勒期
- PLACES
- China; Myanmar
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
mostly in Luxi 潞西, Lianghe 梁河, Longchuan 隴川 of Jingpo 景頗 Antonymous Prefecture, Yunnan 雲南 Province, China; around 100 in the Myanmar-China border.