Phunoi

Facts

  • Language: Phunoi
  • Alternate names: Phounoy, Phu Noi, Punoi, Khoany, Mung, Khaskhong, Hwethom, Sinsali
  • Language code: pho
  • Language family: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Ngwi-Burmese, Ngwi, Southern (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: <23,618
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script: Lao script.

More information:

    Glossonym: Phunoi or Phounoy in Laos, Côông in Viet Nam. Traditional religion, Buddhist.

    Includes five distinct varieties, total 23, 618 members (Bradley 2007).