A'ou language

A'ou
Native toChina
RegionGuizhou
Native speakers
50 (2011)[1]
Kra–Dai
Language codes
ISO 639-3aou
Glottologaoua1234

A'ou (阿欧方言) or Red Gelao (红仡佬语) is an endangered Gelao language spoken by fewer than 100 people in Guizhou, China.[2] Only the Hongfeng (红丰) and Bigong (比贡) dialects are still spoken, each with only a few dozen speakers.

  1. ^ A'ou at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Li Jinfang [李锦芳]. 2006. Studies on endangered languages in the Southwest China [西南地区濒危语言调查研究]. Beijing: Minzu University [中央民族大学出版社].