Gelao language
E899576
The Gelao language is a highly endangered Kra language spoken by the Gelao ethnic group in parts of southwestern China and northern Vietnam.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kra language
ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan area language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Gelo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Qau language ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | well-established as Kra ⓘ |
| country |
China
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
|
| documentedBy | field linguists in China and Vietnam ⓘ |
| endangermentCause |
assimilation policies and schooling in Chinese
ⓘ
language shift to dominant regional languages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Gelao people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family |
Kra branch
ⓘ
Kra–Dai language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | gela1262 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
A’ou Gelao
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duoluo Gelao NERFINISHED ⓘ Green Gelao NERFINISHED ⓘ Qau Gelao NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Gelao NERFINISHED ⓘ White Gelao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex tone system
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ |
| iso639-3 | gel ⓘ |
| languageContactWith |
Bouyei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miao (Hmongic) languages ⓘ Southwestern Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageShiftTo |
Bouyei language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ Miao languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwestern Mandarin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Northern Vietnam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southwestern China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField | Kra–Dai linguistics ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
China
ⓘ
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Guizhou Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ Yunnan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Vietnam ⓘ |
| status |
highly endangered
ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ |
| usedBy | older generations of Gelao people ⓘ |
| vitality | critically low number of fluent speakers ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Chinese characters (for limited purposes)
ⓘ
no widely used indigenous script ⓘ |
| youngerSpeakers | very few ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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