Ethnologue

Hu

ISO 639-3

Population

1,000 (Li 2006).

Location

Yunnan province: Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, Jinghong and Mengla counties, 5 villages, including Nahuopa village in Mengyang township.

Language Maps

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification

Dialects

Possibly a dialect of U [uuu]. 76% similar lexically with U of Shuangjiang County.

Typology

Affixes; tonal.

Language Use

Some young people, all adults.

Language Resources

Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Officially classified as Undetermined Nationality. Traditional religion.