Western Guizhou, Wenshan Prefecture in Yunnan, Longlin County in Guangxi, China; Hà Giang Province in Vietnam
Native speakers
7,900 (2008)[1]
Language family
Kra–Dai
Kra
Ge–Chi
Gelao
Dialects
Vandu
A'ou, Mulao
Hagei (Hakhi)
Duoluo (Tolo)
Qau (Gao)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
gio (deprecated)
Glottolog
gela1265
Gelao (autonym: Kláo, Chinese: 仡佬 Gēlǎo, Vietnamese: Cờ Lao) is a Kra language in the Kra–Dai language family. It is spoken by the Gelao people in southern China and northern Vietnam. Despite an ethnic population of 580,000 (2000 census of China), only a few thousand still speak Gelao in China. Estimates run from 3,000 in China by Li in 1999, of which 500 are monolinguals, to 7,900 by Edmondson in 2008. Edmondson (2002) estimates that the three Gelao varieties of Vietnam have only about 350 speakers altogether.
Gelao (autonym: Kláo, Chinese: 仡佬 Gēlǎo, Vietnamese: Cờ Lao) is a Kra language in the Kra–Dai language family. It is spoken by the Gelao people in southern...
Gelaolanguages belong to the Kra–Dai language family. Today, only a small minority of the Gelao still speak this language. Since the various Gelao dialects...
group of languages by Liang (1990), who called it the Geyang 仡央 languages. Geyang 仡央 is a portmanteau of the first syllable of Ge- in Gelao and the last...
Red Gelaolanguage may refer to two different Gelaolanguages: A'ou language, spoken in Guizhou Province, China Vandu language, spoken in Ha Giang Province...
Look up Gelao in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gelao may refer to: GelaolanguageGelao people, an ethnic group of China and Vietnam Gelao, (simplified...
Hagei (Hakei) or Green Gelao (Chinese: 青仡佬; sometimes translated as Blue Gelao) is a Gelaolanguage spoken in China and Vietnam. The primary dialectal...
Qau, Central Gelao, or Sinicized Gelao (Chinese: 汉仡佬; pinyin: Hàn Gēlǎo) is a Gelaolanguage spoken in Guizhou, China. The dialects of Qau that are still...
Duoluo 多罗; Tolo) or White Gelao is a Gelaolanguage spoken in China and Vietnam. The primary dialectal areas where Telue (White Gelao) is still spoken are:...
third edition of Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010; formerly the Red Book of Endangered Languages), as well as the online edition of the...
endangered Critically endangered Lists of endangered languages Red Book of Endangered Languages Affirmative action in China[neutrality is disputed] Moseley...
Vandu or Red Gelao is an endangered Gelaolanguage spoken in two villages of Ha Giang Province, Vietnam. 1-2 speakers have also been located across the...
Gelao Kam–Sui Dong Sui Maonan Mulao/Mulam Hlai/Li Tai Zhuang (Vahcuengh) Northern Zhuang Southern Zhuang Bouyei Dai Tai Lü language Tai Nüa language Tai...
The Hmongic languages, also known as Miao languages (Chinese: 苗语; pinyin: Miáoyǔ), include the various languages spoken by the Miao people (such as Hmong...
Pakanic languages were formerly spoken further up north in Guizhou and were in close contact with Gelao. Hsiu (2017) also notes that Pakanic languages display...
Anle Yi and Gelao Ethnic Township (simplified Chinese: 安乐彝族仡佬族乡; traditional Chinese: 安樂彝族仡佬族鄉; pinyin: Ānlè Yí Zú Gēlǎo Zú Xiāng) is an ethnic township...
White Gelao (白仡佬) Green Gelao (青仡佬) Red Gelao (红仡佬) Flowery Gelao (花仡佬) (also known as the Wai Gelao (歪仡佬) or Pipao Gelao (披袍仡佬)) The prefecture has...
China Mulam language, the Tai–Kadai language spoken by them Mulao language (Kra), a dialect of the Gelaolanguage, a Tai–Kadai language of China Mulam...
The following is a list of mountains in Daozhen Gelao and Miao Autonomous County, Guizhou, China: Liu Jiangnian, ed. (2007). "Geographical Environment:...
Xinhe 新合村, Changfa township 长发, Longlin County, Guangxi (often living with Gelao neighbors). Also spoken in the nearby townships of Kechang 克长, De'e 德峨,...
divergent Northern Tai language spoken in Hezhang County, Guizhou, China. It has a Kra substratum. Like other Kra languages (Gelao and Buyang), Maza, and...
United States Groton Iron Works, a defunct American shipyard White Gelaolanguage This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title GIW...
Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Province Jianshan Dialect, one of the Gelaolanguages Jianshan Village, Huxi in Huxi, Penghu County Jianshan Village, Toufen...
Jiyao (读史方舆纪要). According to it, "the Man people of Sizhou are Yanghuang, Gelao, Muyao (Mulao), and Miaozhi (Miaozi). (思州蛮自佯僙、仡佬、木瑶(老)、苗质(子)数种。) Yanghuang...
Manban 曼班 Manmei 曼美 Jiga 鸡嘎 Hualong 花隆 Mengkang 猛康 Like other Kra languages such as Gelao and Buyang, Lachi displays clause-final negation (Li 2000). The...