Gao-Yang Yue

Gao-Yang Yue
	高陽方言
Native to	Southern China
Native speakers	5.4 million (1998)[1]
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