Gao-Yang Yue

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Gao-Yang Yue
高陽方言/高語
Native toSouthern China
Native speakers
5.4 million (1998)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
ISO 639-6goya
Glottologgaol1235
Linguasphere79-AAA-mc
Ping and Yue dialect map.svg
  Gao-Yang (lower centre), among other Yue and Pinghua groups in Guangxi and Guangdong

Gao-Yang, or Gao-Lei or Gao-Yu, is one of four principal Yue Chinese languages. It is spoken in around Maoming and Yangjiang in southwestern Guangdong.

The name derives from its two dialects, Gaozhou and Yangjiang.

References[]

  1. ^ Olson, An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China


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