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Telue (Tolo, Duoluo) or White Gelao is a Gelao language spoken in China and Vietnam.[2][3]

Telue
White Gelao
Native to	China and Vietnam
Region	Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan; Ha Giang Province
Native speakers	(1,220 cited 1987)[1]
Language family	Kra–Dai Kra Ge–Chi Gelao Telue
Language codes
ISO 639-3	giw
Glottolog	whit1267
ELP	White Gelao

Dialects

The primary dialectal areas where Telue (White Gelao) is still spoken are:[4]

• Guizhou, China (in Liuzhi Special District): Judu 居都
• Guangxi, China (in Longlin County): Moji 磨基 (also spoken in Wantao 湾桃)
• Yunnan, China (in Malipo County): Yueliangwan 月亮湾 (also spoken in Fengyan 峰岩 and Laozhai 老寨)
• Vietnam (in Hà Giang Province)[5]

Phonology

Telue has many uvular and prenasalized consonants.[6]

Consonants

		Labial			Dental/ Alveolar		(Alveolo-) palatal	Velar			Uvular	Glottal
		plain	pal.	lat.	plain	pal.		plain	pal.	lab.		plain	pal.
Stop	voiceless	p	pʲ	pl	t	tʲ		k	kʲ	kʷ	q	ʔ	ʔʲ
	aspirated	pʰ	pʰʲ	pʰl	tʰ	tʲʰ		kʰ	kʲʰ	kʰʷ	qʰ
	voiced	b	bʲ	bl	d	dʲ		ɡ
Affricate	voiceless				ts		tɕ
	aspirated				tsʰ		(tɕʰ)
	voiced				dz		dʑ
Fricative	voiceless	f			s		ɕ					h
	voiced	v			z			ɣ
Nasal	voiceless	m̥			n̥		ɲ̟̊	ŋ̊
	voiced	m	mʲ	ml	n		ɲ̟	ŋ
Lateral	fricative				ɬ
	glide				l	lʲ						ˀl
	labial				lʷ
Approximant		(w)					j

• The sound of the affricates /ts, tsʰ, dz/ are frequently close to interdental affricate sounds [tθ, tθʰ, dð].
• The pronunciation of /j/ can sometimes be close to an alveolo-palatal sound [ʑ], but not as fully articulated.
• /ŋ/ can also form a syllabic nasal [ŋ̍].
• Sounds /tɕʰ, w/ mainly appear in modern Chinese loanwords.

Vowels

	Front		Central	Back
Close	i	y		ɯ	u
Mid	e		ə	o
Open	a			ɑ
Syllabic			ɹ̩

• /ɹ̩/ only is heard after dental/alveolar fricatives and affricates only, /i/ is never heard in this position.
• /ə/ and /ɯ/ are typically free variants of each other. When used as a single vowel, it is commonly heard as [ɯ], but when followed by a back vowel /ɯ, u/ it is pronounced as [ə].[7]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Telue language

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[fr] Gelao blanc

Le gelao blanc, ou duoluo, est une langue taï-kadaï, de la branche kadaï, parlée en Chine ainsi qu'au Viêt Nam par les Gelao.

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[ru] Толо (язык)

Tоло (белых гэлао; кит. 多罗) — язык кадайской группы[1][2].

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