Gao–Yang Yue
Appearance
Gao-Yang dialect | |
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高陽方言 | |
Native to | Southern China |
Native speakers | (5.4 million cited 1998)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
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 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