Qabiao language

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Qabiao
Spoken in: Hà Giang, Vietnam; Wenshan, Yunnan, China
Total speakers: 307 in China (2002)
307 in Vietnam (1990)
Language family: Tai-Kadai
 Kadai
  Yang-Biao
   Qabiao
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: laq

Qabiao (also written Kabeo, Ka Beo, Ka Bao, Ka Biao), also known as Laqua, Pubiao (Pupeo, Pu Péo) and Pen Ti Lolo (Bendi Lolo) is a Tai-Kadai language spoken by the Qabiao people in Hà Giang province, Vietnam and the adjacent Wenshan Zhuang-Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan province, China.

[edit] References

  • Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). "Qabiao", Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition., Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. 
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