Gao–Yang Yue Explained

Gao–Yang Yue
States:Southern China
Speakers:5.4 million
Date:1998
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:Sino-Tibetan
Fam2:Sinitic
Fam3:Chinese
Fam4:Yue
Iso3:none
Glotto:gaol1235
Glottorefname:Gaoyang
Iso6:goya
Lingua:79-AAA-mc
Map:Ping and Yue dialect map.svg

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.

Notes and References

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