ISO 639-3: gio Gelao is a Kra language similar to Buyang and Qabiao. There are currently around 500,000 Gelao residing mostly in Guizhou, China. Data collected from Niupo village (牛坡村) is used. This dialect is spoken in Liuzhi Special District (六枝特区), Guizhou, China by the White Gelao, or Duolou (to31 ʔlo55) people. Ostapirat classifies this variant as Southwestern Gelao.
Zhang's book always uses "ɑ" but not "a." Here, "a" is always used in place of "ɑ."
PAN & PMP reconstructions, given for reference, are not necessarily potential cognates.