Yangchun Pai Yao is an extinct Mienic language of Yangchun, Guangdong, China. It is unclassified within Mienic, and is likely a sister branch to Dzao Min.
Documentation The 1996 Yangchun County Gazetteer (阳春县志) has just over a dozen Yangchun Pai Yao words that were transcribed in Chinese characters. According to the gazetteer, there were 13 semi-speakers remaining in the 1990s.Yangchun City Geographical History Office [阳春市地方史志办公室]. 1996. Yangchun County Gazetteer [阳春县志]. Guangzhou: Guangdong People's Publishing House [广东人民出版社]. Hsiu (2023) reported that the language was extinct in 2019, with only one elderly rememberer able to provide a few dozen words.
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