Gelao languages

Gelao (autonym: Kláo, Chinese: 仡佬 Gēlǎo, Vietnamese: Cờ Lao) is a Kra language in the Kra–Dai language family. It is spoken by the Gelao people in southern China and northern Vietnam. Despite an ethnic population of 580,000 (2000 census of China), only a few thousand still speak Gelao in China. Estimates run from 3,000 in China by Li in 1999, of which 500 are monolinguals, to 7,900 by Edmondson in 2008. Edmondson (2002) estimates that the three Gelao varieties of Vietnam have only about 350 speakers altogether.

Gelao
Kláo
Native toChina, Vietnam
RegionWestern Guizhou, Wenshan Prefecture in Yunnan, Longlin County in Guangxi, China; Hà Giang Province in Vietnam
Native speakers
7,900 (2008)
Kra–Dai
  • Kra
    • Ge–Chi
      • Gelao
Dialects
  • Vandu
  • A'ou, Mulao
  • Hagei (Hakhi)
  • Duoluo (Tolo)
  • Qau (Gao)
Language codes
ISO 639-3gio (deprecated)
Glottologgela1265
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