• Vulnerable

  40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• <15,000

  Native speakers worldwide
• Ethnic population

  15,000

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

The 15,000 Muya are members of the Tibetan nationality and practise Tibetan Buddhism.

PLACES

China

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

Western Sichuan, Kangding and Jiulong counties

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

Living near Minya Konka, a famous Tibetan pilgrimage destination; the name of this mountain contains their ethnonym.