Azha (
autonym: or ) is spoken in Ganhe Township of
Yanshan County, Yunnan and Dongshan and Binglie Townships of
Wenshan County. Pelkey (2011) identifies the Azha 阿扎 (exonym:
Pula 朴喇) of
Kaiyuan, Yunnan as
Phowa speakers. Azha is spoken by the
Phula people, but it is not a Phula language and is a
Sani–Azha language, closely related to
Sani,
Axi and
Azhe.
Samei of
Kunming may be related. Speakers are classified as
Yi people by the Chinese Government. ==Innovations==