Jiamao
A language of China
| Population | 52,300 (Wurm et al. 1987). |
| Region | South Hainan Province, Baoting, Lingshui, and Qiongzhong counties, near Wuzhi Mountain. |
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Southern China |
| Alternate names | Gevou, Kamau, Ku vou, Tai |
| Dialects | Considered by Chinese linguists a dialect of Hlai [lic], but very different from Hlai dialects in phonology, grammar, and vocabulary. |
| Classification | Tai-Kadai, Hlai |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 88%. |
| Comments | Classified as Li nationality, together with speakers of Hlai [lic]. Polytheist. |
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