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ALSO KNOWN AS		Phounoy, Phu Noi, Punoi, Khoany, Mung, Khaskhong, Hwethom, Sinsali
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Lolo-Burmese
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pho
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Mung White Khoany Black Khoany Khaskhong Hwethom
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Includes five distinct varieties, total 23, 618 members (Bradley 2007).

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Information from: “East and Southeast Asia” (349-424) . David Bradley (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<23,618
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
23,618
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Includes five distinct varieties. Phongku variety is closer to Bisu and Laomian; others closer to Công and Sangkong.

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Potentially endangered, especially in the case of Phongku, Laoseng and Pisu varieties.

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

The official name of this recognized ethnic group of Laos changed from pejorative Phunoi (Lao for ‘small man’) to Sinsali in the late 1990s.

PLACES: Laos

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Southwestern Phongsaly Province

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
35,600 in Laos (1995 census).

PLACES: Laos; Thailand;

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
37,311
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
35,635
Native speakers worldwide

3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		37,311	10000-99999			Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				21.6833,102.1
	2007	East and Southeast Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	349-424	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			David Bradley	Bradley, David. 2007. "East and Southeast Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 349-424. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	23,618	<23,618	10000-99999	Includes five distinct varieties. Phongku variety is closer to Bisu and Laomian; others closer to Công and Sangkong.	The official name of this recognized ethnic group of Laos changed from pejorative Phunoi (Lao for ‘small man’) to Sinsali in the late 1990s.	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Potentially endangered, especially in the case of Phongku, Laoseng and Pisu varieties.	Laos	Southwestern Phongsaly Province
		World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			35,635	10000-99999			Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub				35,600 in Laos (1995 census).				Laos; Thailand;

Phunoi

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Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<23,618

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

37,311

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

35,635

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Phunoi

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Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<23,618

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

37,311

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

35,635

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