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Gelao
Kláo
Native toChina, Vietnam
RegionWestern 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 639-3gio (deprecated)
Glottologgela1265

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.

  1. ^ Edmondson (2008)

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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...

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Red Gelao language

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Hagei language

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Hagei (Hakei) or Green Gelao (Chinese: 青仡佬; sometimes translated as Blue Gelao) is a Gelao language spoken in China and Vietnam. The primary dialectal...

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Qau language

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Qau, Central Gelao, or Sinicized Gelao (Chinese: 汉仡佬; pinyin: Hàn Gēlǎo) is a Gelao language spoken in Guizhou, China. The dialects of Qau that are still...

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Telue language

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List of endangered languages in Asia

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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...

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List of endangered languages in China

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endangered Critically endangered Lists of endangered languages Red Book of Endangered Languages Affirmative action in China[neutrality is disputed] Moseley...

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Vandu language

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Vandu or Red Gelao is an endangered Gelao language spoken in two villages of Ha Giang Province, Vietnam. 1-2 speakers have also been located across the...

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Languages of China

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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...

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Hmongic languages

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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...

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Pakanic languages

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Anle Yi and Gelao Ethnic Township

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Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture

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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...

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Mulao

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China Mulam language, the Tai–Kadai language spoken by them Mulao language (Kra), a dialect of the Gelao language, a Tai–Kadai language of China Mulam...

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List of mountains in Daozhen Gelao and Miao Autonomous County

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Bolyu language

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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,...

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Hezhang Buyi language

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divergent Northern Tai language spoken in Hezhang County, Guizhou, China. It has a Kra substratum. Like other Kra languages (Gelao and Buyang), Maza, and...

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Daozhen Gelao and Miao Autonomous County

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GIW

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United States Groton Iron Works, a defunct American shipyard White Gelao language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title GIW...

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Jianshan

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Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Province Jianshan Dialect, one of the Gelao languages Jianshan Village, Huxi in Huxi, Penghu County Jianshan Village, Toufen...

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Then language

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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...

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Lachi language

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