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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Viet Nam > Gelao, White

Gelao, White

A language of Viet Nam

ISO 639-3giw

Population  20 (2002 J. Edmondson).
Region  Yen Minh District, Pho La and Dong Van.
Language map  Northern Viet Nam, reference number 99
Alternate names   Southwestern Gelao, Telue, TĂș Du
Classification  Tai-Kadai, Kadai, Ge-Chi
Comments  An official nationality. Not mutually intelligible with Red Gelao [gir] (2002 J. Edmondson). Agriculturalists: rice. Polytheist. Nearly extinct.