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ISO 639-3 · ypwypw
Sino-Tibetan family

Phowa

Phowa is a language of the Southeastern Loloish branch (Sino-Tibetan), spoken in China. Wikidata describes it as “Loloish language spoken in China”.

Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
ypw
Glottocode
phow1235
Wikipedia
5 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
7levels in the tree
—UNESCO level

Facts

NamePhowa
Also calledPuwa Yi, Phowa language

Vitality

Wikidata has no EGIDS or UNESCO rating for Phowa yet.

family tree

From Sino-Tibetan to Phowa

The branches above Phowa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

289Sino-Tibetanfamily115Tibeto-Burmanbranch82Burmo-Qiangicbranch69Lolo-Burmesebranch58Loloishbranch16Nisoishbranch12Southeastern LoloishbranchypwPhowalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

China247 languages in the index

Also spoken in China

zhoChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.30 bncmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 mporPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafewuuWu ChineseSino-Tibetan · 80.7 m5 · DevelopingvieVietnameseAustroasiatic · 76 m1 · NationalkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalyueYue ChineseSino-Tibetan · 62.2 m2 · ProvincialnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · Vigorous