Gao-Yang Yue
Gao-Yang Yue | |
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高陽方言/高語 | |
Native to | Southern China |
Native speakers | 5.4 million (1998)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
ISO 639-6 | goya |
Glottolog | gaol1235 |
Linguasphere | 79-AAA-mc |
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[]
- ^ Olson, An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China
Categories:
- Languages with ISO6 code
- Yue Chinese
- Sino-Tibetan language stubs