Yangchun Pai Yao language explained

Yangchun Pai Yao
Familycolor:	Hmong-Mien
States:	China
Extinct:	Effectively extinct, one elderly partial speaker remaining as of 2019
Fam2:	Mienic
Iso3:	none
Ethnicity:	Yao
Glotto:	yang1310
Glottorefname:	Yangchun Pai Yao

Yangchun Pai Yao is an extinct Mienic language of Yangchun, Guangdong, China. It is unclassified within Mienic, and is likely a sister branch to Dzao Min.^[1]

Documentation

The 1996 Yangchun County Gazetteer (阳春县志) has just over a dozen Yangchun Pai Yao words that were transcribed in Chinese characters. According to the gazetteer, there were 13 semi-speakers remaining in the 1990s.^[2] Hsiu (2023) reported that the language was extinct in 2019, with only one elderly rememberer able to provide a few dozen words.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hsiu . Andrew . May 16–18, 2023 . The Pai Yao language of Yangchun: Final remnants of a Mienic language . 2023-09-19 . Southeast Asian Linguistics Society.
2. Yangchun City Geographical History Office [阳春市地方史志办公室]. 1996. Yangchun County Gazetteer [阳春县志]. Guangzhou: Guangdong People's Publishing House [广东人民出版社].