Phongset (') is a
Loloish language
The Loloish languages, also known as Yi in China and occasionally Ngwi or Nisoic, are a family of fifty to a hundred Sino-Tibetan languages spoken primarily in the Yunnan province of China. They are most closely related to Burmese and its relat ...
of
Phongsaly Province
Phongsaly province ( Lao ຜົ້ງສາລີ), also spelled ''Phôngsali'', is a province of Laos in the extreme north of the country. The capital of the province is the city of Phôngsali. Phongsaly is between Yunnan (China), and Điệ ...
, northern
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
.
In Phongsaly Province, Laos, Phongset is spoken in Phongset village,
Bun Neua District (Shintani 2001).
References
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Shintani, Tadahiko, Ryuichi Kosaka, and Takashi Kato. 2001. ''Linguistic Survey of Phongxaly, Lao P.D.R.'' Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
*Wright, Pamela Sue. n.d. ''Singsali (Phunoi) Speech Varieties Of Phongsali Province''. m.s.
Southern Loloish languages
Languages of Laos
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