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Name: Hpon

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Phun; Phon; Megyaw; Samong; Phön; Hpun; Hpön

Spoken in: Myanmar

Number of speakers: A few hundred speakers (Bradley 1997). Ethnic population: 2,254 (2000 WCD) (Ethnologue)

Code: hpo

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Sino-Tibetan

Parent Subgroup: Northern Burmish; Northern; Burmese-Maru; Northern Unit (nbur)

Child Dialects: North Hpon; North Phun; North Hpun; North Hpön (hpo-nor) South Hpon; South Phun; South Hpun; South Hpön (hpo-sou)

Endangerment Status

Linguist List Status: Nearly Extinct

UNESCO Status: Extinct

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