Gao–Yang Yue

Gao-Yang Yue
Gao-Yang Yue
高陽方言
Native to	Southern China
Native speakers	(5.4 million cited 1998)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Yue Gao-Yang Yue; ; ;
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, is one of four principal Yue Chinese languages. It is spoken in and around Maoming and Yangjiang in southwestern Guangdong.

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

References

^ Olson, An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China

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[1] Olson, An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China

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