White Gelao
[également appelé Tú Du, Telue, Southwestern Gelao]Classification : Tai-Kadai
·en grand danger
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En grand danger
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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<6,000 (including all the Gelao languages)
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579,357 (as of 2000 census; including all the ethnic Gelao)
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mostly
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only 1% of the entire Gelao population (White Gelao, Red Gelao, Green Gelao and Gao Gelao) speak their own Gelao languages.
- DOMAINES D'UTILISATION
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- TENDANCES AU NIVEAU DES LOCUTEURS
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- TRANSMISSION
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- ATTITUDE DES LOCUTEURS
- neutral ~ negative
- SOUTIEN GOUVERNEMENTAL
- no
- SOUTIEN INSTITUTIONNEL
- no
- AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ
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Mandarin or other neighboring languages
- COMMENTAIRES SUR LE CONTEXTE DE LA LANGUE
Mandarin is the official language and the medium for education; Mandarin is also used in daily life with outsiders or with White Gelao speakers from other villages.
- PLACES
- China
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Liuzhi (六枝), Puding (普定), Zhijin (織金), and Shuicheng (水城) counties of Guizhou, and Moji (摩基) of Longlin (隆林) county in Guangxi Province.