Yangchun Pai Yao language

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 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. Hsiu reported that the language was extinct in 2019, with only one elderly rememberer able to provide a few dozen words.