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M a i n m e n u
M a i n m e n u
N a v i g a t i o n
● M a i n p a g e ● C o n t e n t s ● C u r r e n t e v e n t s ● R a n d o m a r t i c l e ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● C o n t a c t u s ● D o n a t e
C o n t r i b u t e
● H e l p ● L e a r n t o e d i t ● C o m m u n i t y p o r t a l ● R e c e n t c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e
S e a r c h
Search
A p p e a r a n c e
● C r e a t e a c c o u n t ● L o g i n
P e r s o n a l t o o l s
● C r e a t e a c c o u n t ● L o g i n
P a g e s f o r l o g g e d o u t e d i t o r s l e a r n m o r e ● C o n t r i b u t i o n s ● T a l k
( T o p )
1 D i a l e c t s
2 P h o n o l o g y
T o g g l e P h o n o l o g y s u b s e c t i o n
2 . 1 C o n s o n a n t s
2 . 2 V o w e l s
3 R e f e r e n c e s
T o g g l e t h e t a b l e o f c o n t e n t s
A ' o u l a n g u a g e
6 l a n g u a g e s
● F r a n ç a i s ● G a l e g o ● H r v a t s k i ● B a h a s a I n d o n e s i a ● Р у с с к и й ● 中 文
E d i t l i n k s
● A r t i c l e ● T a l k
E n g l i s h
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
T o o l s
T o o l s
A c t i o n s
● R e a d ● E d i t ● V i e w h i s t o r y
G e n e r a l
● W h a t l i n k s h e r e ● R e l a t e d c h a n g e s ● U p l o a d f i l e ● S p e c i a l p a g e s ● P e r m a n e n t l i n k ● P a g e i n f o r m a t i o n ● C i t e t h i s p a g e ● G e t s h o r t e n e d U R L ● D o w n l o a d Q R c o d e ● W i k i d a t a i t e m
P r i n t / e x p o r t
● D o w n l o a d a s P D F ● P r i n t a b l e v e r s i o n
A p p e a r a n c e
F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
A'ou (阿欧方言) or Red Gelao (红仡佬语) is an endangered Gelao language spoken by fewer than 100 people in Guizhou , China .[2] dialects are still spoken, each with only a few dozen speakers.
Dialects
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The main dialects of A'ou, which all have limited mutual intelligibility , are:
Hongfeng (红丰)[3]
Bigong (比贡)[4]
Qiaoshang (桥上)[5]
Only one elderly speaker of the Houzitian (猴子田) dialect was found in 2013, and it is likely now extinct.[6]
Mulao (木佬) is sometimes also included, in addition to Yi variety of Sichuan .[7]
Phonology
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Consonants
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Consonant clusters may include /pl, bl, vl, ml/.
/d/ may have an allophone of [ˀl], heard in free variation.
Nasal sounds /m, n, ŋ/ may be heard as prenasal sounds [ᵐb, ⁿt, ᵑɡ] when in combination with low tones in initial position.
/χ/ may also be heard as velar [x ] in free variation.
Vowels
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Sounds /ə, ɯ, ɤ/ are only heard when in vowel diphthongs /əu, aɯ, əɯ, ɤu/ or triphthongs /iəɯ, iəu, uəɯ/.
/ə/ only rarely occurs as a monophthong.
/ɛ/ may also be heard as [e ] in free variation.[4]
References
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^ 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].
^ Zhou Guoyan 周国炎. 2004. Gelao zu mu yu sheng tai yan jiu 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.
^ a b Li Xia; Li Jinfang; Luo Yongxian. 2014. A Grammar of Zoulei, Southwest China ISBN 978-3-0343-1344-5
^ Ostapirat, Weera. 2000. "Proto-Kra ." Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 23 1 ): 1-251.
^ Hsiu, Andrew. 2017. Red Gelao (Houzitian) audio word list doi :10.5281/zenodo.1122531
^ 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.
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● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 3 0 A p r i l 2 0 2 4 , a t 0 7 : 1 1 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
