Phanaʼ (autonym: ');
also called Bana or Pana) is a
Loloish language
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of
Laos
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and
China
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. Phanaʼ is spoken by 500 people in Laos. In China, it is spoken in
Mengla County
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Name
"Mongla", "Mengla" and "Meun ...
, Yunnan Province (Bradley 2007). It is closely related to
Sila
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** Sila National Park
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, which is spoken by 2,000 people in
Laos
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and
Vietnam
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(Bradley 1997). Badenoch reports that it is similar to ' (Ban Ban Sida).
Phanaʼ is spoken in three villages in Laos (''Ethnologue'').
*Bopiet,
Luang Namtha District,
Luang Namtha Province
Luang Namtha (, ; literally 'royal sugar palm' or "'royal green river') is a province of Laos in the country's north. From 1966 to 1976 it formed, together with Bokeo, the province of Houakhong. Luang Namtha province covers an area of . Its pr ...
*Namtoung,
Luang Namtha District,
Luang Namtha Province
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*one village in
Houaixay District,
Bokeo Province
Bradley (2007) reports a population of about 1,000 for Phanaʼ.
Lefèvre-Pontalis (1892)
[Lefèvre-Pontalis, Pierre. 1892. Notes sur quelques populations du nord de l'Indo-Chine otes on some populations of northern Indo-China ''Journal Asiatique'' 19, 8, 8. 237-269, 129-154, 291-303.] reports the presence of Phanaʼ in Poufang,
Lai Chau province,
Vietnam
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, and provides a word list for Phanaʼ as well.
Numerals
Phanaʼ (Bana) numerals are as follows.
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References
External links
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Southern Loloish languages
Languages of Laos
Languages of Yunnan