ELP ID
29336
ELP Language
Green Gelao
Speaker Number
1000-9999
Ethnic Population
579,357 (as of 2000 census; including all the ethnic Gelao)
Public Comment
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 (including speakers of all the Gelao languages)
Speaker Number Range
1000-9999