| Yangchun Pai Yao | |
|---|---|
| Native to | China |
| Ethnicity | Yao |
| Extinct | Effectively extinct, one elderly partial speaker remaining as of 2019 |
Hmong–Mien
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog |
yang1310 |
Yangchun Pai Yao is an extinct Mienic language of Yangchun, Guangdong, China. It is unclassified within Mienic, and is likely a sister branch to Dzao Min. [1]
Documentation
The 1996 Yangchun County Gazetteer (阳春县志) has just over a dozen Yangchun Pai Yao words that were transcribed in Chinese characters. According to the gazetteer, there were 13 semi-speakers remaining in the 1990s. [2] Hsiu (2023) reported that the language was extinct in 2019, with only one elderly rememberer able to provide a few dozen words. [1]
References
- ^ a b Hsiu, Andrew (May 16–18, 2023). "The Pai Yao language of Yangchun: Final remnants of a Mienic language". Southeast Asian Linguistics Society. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ^ Yangchun City Geographical History Office [阳春市地方史志办公室]. 1996. Yangchun County Gazetteer [阳春县志]. Guangzhou: Guangdong People's Publishing House [广东人民出版社].