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Gao Yang Yue

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Native to
  
Southern China

ISO 639-6
  
goya

Linguasphere
  
79-AAA-mc

Native speakers
  
5.4 million (1998)

Glottolog
  
gaol1235

Gao-Yang Yue

Language family
  
Sino-TibetanChineseYueGao-Yang dialect

Gao-Yang, or Gao-Lei, is one of four principal dialects of Yue (Cantonese). It is spoken in and around Maoming and Yangjiang in southwestern Guangdong.

The name derives from its two subdialects, Gaozhou and Yangjiang.

References

Gao-Yang Yue Wikipedia