Be languages
| Be | |
|---|---|
| Lingao | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Hainan |
Native speakers | (600,000 cited 2000) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | onb |
| Glottolog | ling1270 |
Be (native pronunciation: [ʔɑŋ˧ɓe˧]), also known as Ong Be, Bê, or Vo Limgao (Mandarin: 临高话 Lín'gāohuà), is a pair of languages spoken by 600,000 people, 100,000 of them monolingual, on the north-central coast of Hainan Island, including the suburbs of the provincial capital Haikou. The speakers are counted as part of the Han Chinese nationality in census. According to Ethnologue, it is taught in primary schools.