ELP ID
29335
ELP Language
Red Gelao
Speaker Number
1000-9999
Ethnic Population
579,357 (as of 2000 census; including all the ethnic Gelao)
Public Comment
Speaker number includes speakers of all the Gelao languages. Only 1% of the entire Gelao population (White Gelao, Red Gelao, Green Gelao and Gao Gelao) speak their own Gelao languages.
Source
Case studies of endangered languages in China (中國瀕危語言個案研究)
Preferred
On
Speaker Number Text
<6,000
Speaker Number Range
1000-9999