Hpon
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A language of Myanmar
Alternate Names
Hpun, Hpön, Megyaw, Phon, Phun, Phön, Samong
User Population
No known L1 speakers. Last known speaker survived into the 1990s (Bradley 2007b). Ethnic population: 1,500 (Bradley 2007a).
Location
Kachin state: Bhamo district, upper Ayeyarwady gorges.
Language Status
9 (Dormant).
Dialects
North Hpon, South Hpon.
Language Use
Southern dialect extinct; northern dialect moribund; some older people remember lexical items but none can speak it (Bradley 2007b). Shifted to Burmese [mya].
Language Development
Grammar.