#gelao

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Gelao traditional costume in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou province

The Gelao people are often considered to be the aboriginal inhabitants of Guizhou. The ancestors of the Gelao were the Liáo (僚), who made up the population of the ancient Yelang (夜郎) kingdom.

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Linguistic Diversity Challenge Day Four: Gelao

Basic Facts:

Gelao is a Kra-Dai language spoken in southern China and northern Vietnam by the Gelao people. There are many proposed dialect divisions, but the following four dialects are the most commonly recognized (though sometimes by different names): Gao Gelao, Green Gelao, White Gelao, and Red Gelao (the most endangered variety). 

Writing System:

Gelao is not written down enough to have a standardized writing system, but has mostly been transcribed using a modified Latin script.

How does it sound?

Uvulars and prenasals feature prominently in Gelao’s consonant system. It is a tonal language, with six tones: two level tones, two rising, and two falling. Its phonology has been heavily influenced by surrounding languages, which do not always belong to the Kra family. It also has many loanwords from Mandarin Chinese. You can hear it spoken here or here.

Grammatical features:

Gelao is, like most Kra-Dai and Tai-Kadai languages, a head-initial language with standard word order SVO. Despite this, adjectives typically come after the nouns they modify. It frequently uses compound nouns and serial verbs, and reduplication is a very productive process. Gelao preserves a rich prefix system that is lost in many other Kra-Dai languages. It also has a complex pronoun system, with some varieties having over nine pronouns. 

Resources to learn more:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelao_language

https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/gela1265

http://www.uta.edu/faculty/jerry/rg.pdf

https://search.proquest.com/docview/305226246/abstract

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📷 @massonil ・・・ Os clássicos não escaparam dos testes (com o gelo translucido) desta semana. Testes, aliás, que tem ido muito bem, obrigado! Na foto, o queridinho NEGRONI: Campari; Vermute Rosso; Gin; Aromatizado com um twist (casca) de laranja Bahia. Sim, o TRABUCA serve clássicos, mesmo os que não estão no cardápio. #bar #bartender #bartenderbrasil #trabuca #trabucabar #gelao #gelaotrabuca #classicos #classicocktail #seubibi #itaimbibi (at Trabuca)

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Pistachio & Hazelnut Gelato with a Pistachio Macaron @Amorinogelato #Amorinogelato @nycgo #seeyourcity #Gelao #GelatoMacaron in the Theater District, NYC | more pictures & info @ www.foodlovergirl.com/amorino/ #foodlovergirllovesnyc (at Amorino USA)

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Strawberry & Mango sorbet with a Raspberry Macaron @Amorinogelato #Amorinogelato @nycgo #seeyourcity #Gelao #GelatoMacaron in the Theater District, NYC | more pictures & info @ www.foodlovergirl.com/amorino/ #foodlovergirllovesnyc

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#Gelinho #ChupaChupa #sacole #gelao qual o nome ai na sua região de? (em Guararapes)