Qau language

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Qau
China
Anshun City and Pingba County, Guizhou
2,000 (2011)
Kra–Dai

KraGe–ChiGelaoQau | | gqu | | qaua1234 | | Gao Gelao |

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Qau, Central Gelao, or Sinicized Gelao (Chinese: 汉仡佬; pinyin: Hàn Gēlǎo) is a Gelao language spoken in Guizhou, China.

The dialects of Qau that are still spoken are:

• Dagouchang 大狗场 or Pingba Qau (in Pingba County)
• Wanzi 湾子 or Anshun Qau (in Anshun City)

	Labial	Alveolar	(Alveolo-)palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
m	n	ɲ̟	ŋ
p	pˡ	t		k	kˡ	q	(ʔ)
pʰ	tʰ		kʰ	qʰ
ᵐp	ᵐpˡ	ⁿt		ᵑk	ᵑkˡ
	ts	tɕ
	tsʰ	tɕʰ
	ⁿts	ᶮtɕ
f	s	ɕ	x		h
v	vˡ	z	ʑ
	l		(w)

• [ʔ] is heard in syllable-initial position before vowels.
• [w] is heard as an initial consonant of Chinese loanwords.

	Front	Central	Back
i		(ɯ)	u
e	ə ə˞	o
	a	ɒ

	Front	Central	Back
iu, ie, iɒ, io		ue, ua, uɒ
ei	əu, əɯ
	ai, au
iau		uei, uai

	Front	Central	Back
in		un	uŋ
en
	an	aŋ
ian	uan	uaŋ

• /i/ is heard as a syllabic [ɹ̩] when after sounds /s, ts/
• [ɯ] is only heard in the diphthong /əɯ/.
• Vowels with a word-final /n/ can also be heard as nasalized [Ṽ].

The Wanzi dialect has 6 tones.

Tone	Value	Example	Meaning
˥	55	əɯ55	Water
˦	44	vla44	Eight
˧	33	plei33	Year
˨˦	24	plɐ24	Blood
˩˧	13	mpi13	Goat
˥˩	31	ntau31	Bird

The following are pronouns from Pingba Gelao.

Gloss	Pingba Gelao
I	(su33) i42
you	(su33) mu21
he, she, it	(su33) u42
we	(su33) ta33
you all	(su33) sa33
they	pə42 nu42
my household	qa33/a33 qei42
your household	qa33/a33 mu21
his/her household	qa33/a55 qu42

Pingba Gelao numerals are given below.

1. si33
2. su33
3. ta33
4. pu33
5. mpu33
6. naŋ33
7. ɕi13
8. zua55
9. sə13
10. pan13

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