Pholo

YIP

threatened

Alternate Names: Black Phula, Flowery Phula, Phu, Phula

Status Notes: Language of recognized nationality: Yi.

Genealogy:

Sino-Tibetan
Tibeto-Burman
Ngwi-Burmese
Ngwi
Southeastern

Demographics: 30,000 (Pelkey 2011), decreasing. Ethnic population: 34,000.

Language Use: All ages.

Nation of Origin: China

Other Comments: Affiliated with the Phula ethnic group historically but not phylogenetically; Ngwi isolate. Traditional religion.