Hagei language
Hagei (Hakei) or Green Gelao (Chinese: 青仡佬; sometimes translated as Blue Gelao) is a Gelao language spoken in China and Vietnam.[2][3]
| Hagei | |
|---|---|
| Green Gelao | |
| Native to | China and Vietnam | 
| Region | Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan; Ha Giang Province | 
| Native speakers | 300 (2002)[1] | 
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | giq | 
| Glottolog | gree1278 | 
| ELP | Green Gelao | 
Dialects
    
The primary dialectal areas where Hagei (Green Gelao) is still spoken are:[4]
- Guizhou: in Guanling County, Qinglong County, and Zhenfeng County[5]
- Guangxi: in Sanchong 三冲 village, Longlin County[6]
- Vietnam: in Hà Giang Province[7]
The Hagei varieties of northern Guizhou, such as in Zunyi, are extinct.[8]
References
    
- Hagei at Ethnologue (24th ed., 2021)
- Li Jinfang [李锦芳]. 2006. Studies on endangered languages in the Southwest China [西南地区濒危语言调查研究]. Beijing: Minzu University [中央民族大学出版社].
- Zhang Jimin 张済民. 1993. Gelao yu yan jiu 仡佬语研究 (A study of Gelao). Guiyang, China: Guizhou People's Press 贵州民族出版社.
- Li Jinfang [李锦芳]. 2006. Studies on endangered languages in the Southwest China [西南地区濒危语言调查研究]. Beijing: Minzu University [中央民族大学出版社].
- Kosaka, Ryūichi; Zhou, Guoyan; Li; Jinfang. 1998. Geyang yuyan cihuiji [仡央语言词汇集]. Guiyang: Guizhou Ethnic Publishing House [贵州民族出版社].
- Shen Yumay. 2003. Phonology of Sanchong Gelao. M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at Arlington.
- Samarina, Irina Vladimirovna [Самарина, Ирина Владимировна]. 2011. The Gelao language: materials for a Kadai comparative dictionary [Языки гэлао: материалы к сопоставительному словарю кадайских языко]. Moscow: Academia. ISBN 9785874443917
- Zhou Guoyan 周国炎. 2004. Gelaozu muyu shengtai yanjiu 仡佬族母語生态硏究 (Studies on the linguistic ecology of the Gelao people). Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House 民族出版社.
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