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Yangchun Pai Yao language

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Extinct Mienic language of Guangdong, China

Yangchun Pai Yao
Native to	China
Region	Yangchun,Guangdong
Ethnicity	Yao
Extinct	Effectively extinct, one elderly partial speaker remaining as of 2019
Language family	Hmong–Mien Mienic Yangchun Pai Yao
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Glottolog	`yang1310`

Yangchun Pai Yao is an extinctMienic language ofYangchun,Guangdong,China. It is unclassified within Mienic, and is likely a sister branch toDzao Min.^[1]

Documentation

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The 1996Yangchun 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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^^a ^bHsiu, Andrew (May 16–18, 2023)."The Pai Yao language of Yangchun: Final remnants of a Mienic language".Southeast Asian Linguistics Society. Archived fromthe original on 2024-07-09. Retrieved2023-09-19.
^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].