Hagei language

Hagei (Hakei) or Green Gelao (; sometimes translated as Blue Gelao) is a Gelao language spoken in China and Vietnam.

Dialects

The primary dialectal areas where Hagei (Green Gelao) is still spoken are:

• Guizhou: in Guanling County, Qinglong County, and Zhenfeng County
• Guangxi: in Sanchong 三冲 village, Longlin County
• Vietnam: in Hà Giang Province

The Hagei varieties of northern Guizhou, such as in Zunyi, are extinct.

Phonology

Consonants

• Consonant clusters may include /pl, bl/ and /ps, pz/.

Vowels

• /z̞/ is typically centralized and may also be heard as a syllabic retroflex [ʐ̩] or a central [ɨ].

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