Gao-Yang Yue
| Gao-Yang dialect | |
|---|---|
| 高陽方言 | |
| Native to | Southern China |
Native speakers | 5.4 million (1998)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| ISO 639-6 |
goya |
| Glottolog |
gaol1235[2] |
|
Gao-Yang is red, in the middle of the Yue area. | |
Gao-Yang, or Gao-Lei, is one of four principal dialects of Yue (Cantonese). It is spoken in and around Maoming and Yangjiang in southwestern Guangdong.
The name derives from its two subdialects, Gaozhou and Yangjiang.
References
- ↑ Olson, An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Gaolei". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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