Gao–Yang Yue

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.

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

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

References

  1. Olson, James S. (1998). An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
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