Gaoyang dialect

Gao-Yang dialect
高陽方言
Native to	Southern China
Native speakers	5.4 million (1998)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chinese Yue Gao-Yang dialect
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
ISO 639-6	goya
Glottolog	gaol1235
Linguasphere	79-AAA-mc
Gao-Yang (lower centre), among other Yue and Pinghua groups in Guangxi and Guangdong

Gao-Yang, or Gao-Lei, is one of four principal dialects of Yue (Cantonese). It is spoken in and around Maoming and Yangjiang in southwestern Guangdong.

The name derives from its two subdialects, Gaozhou and Yangjiang.