Telue language
Telue or White Gelao is a Gelao language spoken in China and Vietnam.
Dialects
The primary dialectal areas where Telue is still spoken are:Phonology
Duoluo has many uvular and prenasalized consonants.Consonants
- The sound of the affricates are frequently close to interdental affricate sounds.
- The pronunciation of can sometimes be close to an alveolo-palatal fricative, though may not be heard as clearly. This is likewise true for the preglottalized palatal, which may be interpreted as.
- can also form a syllabic nasal.
- Sounds mainly appear in modern Chinese loanwords.
Vowels
- only is heard after dental/alveolar fricatives and affricates only, is never heard in this position.
- and are typically free variants of each other. When used as a single vowel, it is commonly heard as, but when followed by a back vowel it is pronounced as.
Tones
White Gelao of Yueliangwan, Yunnan has 4 tones.White Gelao of Niupo, Guizhou has 4 tones.