Language name and locationː Red Gelao, Vietnam, China [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区红仡佬, 越南东北部江河省及中国云南省麻栗坡县

 

1. tsə44

21.  sa44 kwe44 tsə44

2. se33

22.  sa44 kwe44 se33

3. tua44

23.  sa44 kwe44 tua44

4. pu44

24.  sa44 kwe44 pu44

5. maŋ44

25.  sa44 kwe44 maŋ44

6. ɬoŋ44

26.  sa44 kwe44 ɬoŋ44

7. te44   

27.  sa44 kwe44 te44   

8. wu35   

28.  sa44 kwe44 wu35   

9. ʂe35   

29.  sa44 kwe44 ʂe35   

10. la51 kwe44   

30.  tua44 kwe44

11. la51 kwe44 tsə44

40.  pu44 kwe44

12. la51 kwe44 se33

50.  maŋ44 kwe44

13. la51 kwe44 tua44

60.  ɬoŋ44 kwe44

14. la51 kwe44 pu44

70.  te44 kwe44

15. la51 kwe44 maŋ44

80.  wu35 kwe44

16. la51 kwe44 ɬoŋ44

90.  ʂe35 kwe44

17. la51 kwe44 te44   

100. tɕɐm31 qai33 

18. la51 kwe44 wu35   

200. se33 qai33

19. la51 kwe44 ʂe35   

1000. ʔa53

20. se33  kwe44    

2000.

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Jerry Edmondson, University of Texas at Arlington, USA. June 23, 1998
供资料的语言学家: 艾杰瑞教授, 1998 年 6 月 23 日.

 

Other comments: Red Gelao has a decimal system. Some Red Gelao numerals are similar to that Austronesian languages. Red Gelao is the most endangered variety, Red Gelao of Vietnam, is spoken by only about 50 people. Many speakers have shifted to Southwestern Mandarin or Hmong. The Red Gelao people, who call themselves the va35 ntɯ31. Edmondson (1998) reports that there are also Red Gelao people in Cán Tí, Quản Bạ District and Túng Sán, Hoàng Su Phì District  who no longer speak any Gelao, and speak Hmong, Tay, or Vietnamese instead. Hoang (2013:12) reports that there also some Red Gelao in Vĩnh Hảo commune, Bắc Quang District who had moved from Túng Sán commune. However, the White Gelao of Phố La Village and Sính Lủng Village of Dồng Văn District still speak the White Gelao languag.


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