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Yangchun Pai Yao language

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Yangchun Pai Yao
Native toChina
EthnicityYao
ExtinctEffectively extinct, one elderly partial speaker remaining as of 2019
Hmong–Mien
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologyang1310

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

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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].