Gao–Yang Yue

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Gao-Yang dialect
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Native toSouthern China
Native speakers
(5.4 million cited 1998)[1]
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3
ISO 639-6goya
Glottologgaol1235
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

  1. ^ Olson, An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China