Hagei (Hakei) or Green Gelao (; sometimes translated as Blue Gelao) is a Gelao language spoken in China and Vietnam.Li Jinfang [李锦芳]. 2006. Studies on endangered languages in the Southwest China [西南地区濒危语言调查研究]. Beijing: Minzu University [中央民族大学出版社].Zhang Jimin 张済民. 1993. Gelao yu yan jiu 仡佬语研究 (A study of Gelao). Guiyang, China: Guizhou People's Press 贵州民族出版社.
Dialects The primary dialectal areas where Hagei (Green Gelao) is still spoken are: Guizhou: in Guanling County, Qinglong County, and Zhenfeng CountyKosaka, Ryūichi; Zhou, Guoyan; Li; Jinfang. 1998. Geyang yuyan cihuiji [仡央语言词汇集]. Guiyang: Guizhou Ethnic Publishing House [贵州民族出版社]. Guangxi: in Sanchong 三冲 village, Longlin CountyShen Yumay. 2003. Phonology of Sanchong Gelao. M.A. Thesis, University of Texas at Arlington. Vietnam: in Hà Giang ProvinceSamarina, Irina Vladimirovna [Самарина, Ирина Владимировна]. 2011. The Gelao language: materials for a Kadai comparative dictionary [Языки гэлао: материалы к сопоставительному словарю кадайских языко]. Moscow: Academia.
The Hagei varieties of northern Guizhou, such as in Zunyi, are extinct.Zhou Guoyan 周国炎. 2004. Gelaozu muyu shengtai yanjiu 仡佬族母語生态硏究 (Studies on the linguistic ecology of the Gelao people). Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House 民族出版社.
Phonology Consonants LabialAlveolarRetroflex(Alveolo-)palatalVelarGlottalplainpal.Labializationlab.plainpal.lab.plainlab.plainlab.plainlab.StopvoicelessaspiratedvoicedAffricatevoicelessaspiratedvoicedFricativevoicelessvoicedNasalvoicelessvoicedglottalizedLateralvoicelessVoicevoicedglottalizedApproximant
Consonant clusters may include /pl, bl/ and /ps, pz/.
Vowels FrontCentralBackCloseMidOpenSyllabic
/z̞/ is typically centralized and may also be heard as a syllabic retroflex [ʐ̩] or a central [ɨ].
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