Pholo language

Pholo (autonym: "") is an unclassified Loloish language of Yunnan, China. Although culturally associated with the Phula languages, Pelkey (2011) does not consider it to be linguistically related to the Phula languages.
Pholo speakers are also referred to as Black Phula and Flowery Phula (Pelkey 2011:176).
Classification.
Pelkey (2011:353) specifically excludes Pholo, noting that it does not share the defining features of Southeastern Loloish. However, Lama (2012) classifies Pholo as a Southeastern Loloish language, and considers it to be most closely related to Zokhuo
Distribution.
Pholo speakers are most densely concentrated in (Pelkey 2011:176):
Other Pholo speakers are found in (Pelkey 2011:176):
Vocabulary.
The following Pholo lexical items along with their Proto-Ngwi (Proto-Loloish) reconstructed proto-forms are from Pelkey (2011:390).
Most, but not all, of the Pholo words above do not share the following innovations that define Southeastern Ngwi (Pelkey 2011:365).
Other Pholo words from Pelkey (2011:301):
More Pholo words are documented in YYFC (1983), part of which are quoted in Lama (2012).