Gao–Yang Yue
Branch of Yue varieties
Gao–Yang Yue | |
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高陽方言/高語 | |
Native to | Southern China |
Speakers | 6.43 million (2012)[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.
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Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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East and Southeast Asia |
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Dubious (possible isolates) (Arunachal) |
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