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Luren People
There are dozens of ethnic groups in Guizhou province of China that are not officially recognized. These ethnic groups and their languages include: * Caijia 蔡家 *Chuanlan 穿兰: over 300,000 people classified as Han, in Anshun Prefecture; many also speak Bouyei and Miao *Chuanqing 穿青: 500,000–1,000,000 people classified as Han, mostly in Zhijin and Nayong, but also in Dafang, Shuicheng, Guanling, Qingzhen, Puding, and Liuzhi counties of Guizhou; has some non-Chinese loanwords *Limin 里民: 50,000–100,000 people classified as Yi and sometimes as Li, in Liuzhi, Guanling, Pu'an, Xingren, Zhenning, and Anlong counties of western Guizhou; most have shifted to Southwestern Mandarin, with few Limin speakers remaining. Also in Qinglong (''Qinglong County Gazetteer 1993''). Wang (2011) has researched ethnic Limin villages including Fanhua Village 凡化村, Pogong Township 坡贡镇, Guanling County.Wang Xianjun 献军(2011)贵州“里民人”探寻./ref> *Liujia : 4,000 (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guizhou
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to the south, Yunnan to the west, Sichuan to the northwest, the municipality of Chongqing to the north, and Hunan to the east. The population of Guizhou stands at 38.5 million, ranking 18th among the provinces in China. The Dian Kingdom, which inhabited the present-day area of Guizhou, was annexed by the Han dynasty in 106 BC. Guizhou was formally made a province in 1413 during the Ming dynasty. After the overthrow of the Qing in 1911 and following the Chinese Civil War, the Chinese Communist Party took refuge in Guizhou during the Long March between 1934 and 1935. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong promoted the relocation of heavy industry into inland provinces such as Guizhou, to better protect them fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xixiu District
Xixiu District () is a district in the prefecture-level city of Anshun, Guizhou Province, China. The district spans an area of 1,705 square kilometres, and has a population of 765,399 people as of the 2010 Chinese Census. Geography The district is home to a number of rivers which belong to the larger Yangtze River watershed and the Pearl River watershed. Much of the district's landscape is characterized by karst topography. Climate Xixiu District has an average annual temperature of 14 °C, and an average annual precipitation of 1356 millimetres. Administrative divisions Xixiu District administers 8 subdistricts, 10 towns, 2 townships, and 5 ethnic townships. Subdistricts The district's 8 subdistricts are , , , , , Huaxi Subdistrict, , and Xin'an Subdistrict. Towns The district's 10 towns are , Yaopu, , , , , , , , and . Townships The district's 2 townships are and . Ethnic townships The district's 5 ethnic townships are , , , , and . Economy In 2018, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gejia Language
The Ge or Gejia language (), also known as Chong'anjiang Miao 重安江苗语, is a Miao language of Huangping County, Guizhou, China. The endonym is spelled ''Mhong'', though it shares this with Huishui Miao; it is pronounced , as in the Hmong language. When speaking Chinese, they call themselves ''Gédōu''. Gejia is spoken in eastern Guizhou, in speech islands within the area of the Hmu language, which includes the standard dialect. Dongjia The Dongjia (东家) language of Majiang County, Guizhou is closely related to Gejia. The Dongjia people are officially classified as She, but speak a West Hmongic language. Their autonym is ''Gameng'' (嘎孟), while the neighboring Raojia people call them ''Gadou'' (嘎斗). The Dongjia people of Liubao (六堡村), Xingshan Township (杏山镇), Majiang County was studied by Dong Bo (2008). Chen Xueyu (2011) considers Gejia and Dongjia to form two dialects of Chong'anjiang Miao, which belongs to the Chuanqiandian Hmong / Mong (; RPA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raojia Language
Raojia (; autonym: ' or ') is a Hmongic language spoken by about 5,000 people in 3 villages (including Baixing 白兴村) of Heba Township 河坝乡, Majiang County, Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t .... Raojia belongs to the Qiandong Miao (East Hmongic) branch (Li Yunbing 2000; Chen Qiguang 2013). References External links Raojia numerals West Hmongic languages Languages of China {{HmongMien-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Then Language
The Then language (also known as Yánghuáng 佯僙语 in Chinese; alternate spellings: Tʻen and Ten) is a Kam–Sui language spoken in Pingtang County, southern Guizhou. It is spoken by the Yanghuang 佯僙 people, many of whom are officially classified as Maonan by the Chinese government. Names The Yanghuang people called themselves ', except for the Yanghuang of Huishui County, Xiayou District , and Xiguan Shangmo , who called themselves ' (Bo 1997). According to the ''Guizhou Ethnic Gazetteer'' (2002:846),Guizhou Province Gazetteer: Ethnic Gazetteer 州省志. 民族志(2002). Guiyang: Guizhou Ethnic Publishing House 州民族出版社 their autonyms include ' () and ' (). "Yanghuang" was mentioned in a Ming Dynasty record, the ''Dushi Fangyu Jiyao'' (). According to it, "the Man people of Sizhou are Yanghuang, Gelao, Muyao (Mulao), and Miaozhi (Miaozi). () Dialects Bo (1997:138-139) lists three main dialects of Yanghuang. *Hedong 河东: spoken by more than 15,00 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelao Language
Gelao (Endonym, autonym: Kláo, Chinese: 仡佬 Gēlǎo, Vietnamese: Cờ Lao) is a cluster of Kra languages in the Kra–Dai languages, Kra–Dai language family. It is spoken by the Gelao people in southern China and northern Vietnam. Despite an ethnic population of 580,000 (2000 census of China), only a few thousand still speak Gelao in China. Estimates run from 3,000 in China by Li Jinfang, Li in 1999, of which 500 are Monolingualism, monolinguals, to 7,900 by Jerold A. Edmondson, Edmondson in 2008. Edmondson (2002) estimates that the three Gelao Variety (linguistics), varieties of Vietnam have only about 350 speakers altogether. External relationships Like Buyang language, Buyang, another Kra languages, Kra language, Gelao contains many words which are likely to be Austronesian languages, Austronesian cognates. (''See Austro-Tai languages''.) As noted by Li and Zhou,李锦芳/Li, Jinfang and 周国炎/Guoyan Zhou. 仡央语言探索/Geyang yu yan tan suo. Beijing, China: 中 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanqiao Language
Sanqiao 三锹话 (三橇) is a mixed Dong–Miao language spoken in Liping County and Jinping County, Guizhou, China by about 6,000 people. The Sanqiao people sing traditional songs using the Suantang language (酸汤话), a Sinitic language that is similar to New Xiang. Classification Sanqiao vocabulary is about 30–40% Miao ( Hmu) and 40%-50% Dong ( Kam), with the remainder consisting of Chinese words.Yu Dazhong 达忠 2017. "Ethnic Interactions and the Formation of the Sanqiu People in the Borderland of Modern Hunan, Guizhou and Guangxi Provinces 代湘黔桂边区的族群互动和“三锹人”的形成. In ''Journal of Guizhou Education University'' 州师范学院学报 Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan 2017). Sanqiao speakers can understand the local Dong and Miao dialects, but the Dong and Miao cannot understand the Sanqiao language. Distribution In Liping County and Jinping County, Guizhou, the Sanqiao live in just over 20 villages, with over 6,000 people (Yu 2017). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cao Miao Language
Cao Miao (; autonym: ') is a variety of Dong (Kam) according to Shi Lin (2012).Shi Lin 林(2012). The Cao Miao language of three provinces and its relationship to Dong' 省坡草苗的语言及其与侗语的关系 In ''Minzu Yuwen'' 族语文2012, no. 4. Beijing: China Social Sciences Academy 国社会科学院 Dialects include Liushi ("Sixty") Miao 六十苗, Sishi ("Forty") Miao 四十苗, and Ershi ("Twenty") Miao 二十苗 (also known as Flowery Miao 花苗). The Flowery Miao 花苗 do not consider themselves to be Cao Miao 草苗, although their language is similar to Sixty Miao and Forty Miao (Shi 2012). Subdivisions There are various ethnic subgroups within Cao Miao (Shi 2015:7). *Inner Miao 内部苗 (or 内岗苗 / 内堺苗) ('): 2 subgroups **Sixty (60) Miao 六十苗 ('Shi (2015:42)) **Forty (40) Miao 四十苗 ('), also called Diao 刁族 (') *Middle Miao 中部苗 (or 中岗苗 / 中堺苗) ('), also called Twenty (20) Miao 二十苗 (') or Flowery Miao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunu Language
The Bunu (Punu) are the Yao people who speak Hmongic languages. That is, ''Bunu'' in the broad sense is a cultural rather than linguistic group. Strecker (1987) had classified Bu-Nao language, Bunu proper (Bu-Nao) as a Western (Chuanqiandian) Hmongic language, and the other Bunu (or ''Punuic'') languages—Younuo language, Younuo, Wunai language, Wunai (Hm Nai), and Jiongnai language, Jiongnai (Kiong Nai)—as distinct branches of Hmongic.Strecker, David. 1987.The Hmong-Mien Languages" In ''Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area'', 10 , no. 2: 1-11. Matisoff (2001) grouped all of these together in a ''Bunu'' branch of Hmongic (that is, outside Western Hmongic). Ratliff (2010) returned Bunu proper (Bu-Nao) to Western Hmongic, and moved Jiongnai to its own peripheral branch of Hmongic, but did not address Younuo or Wunai.Ratliff, Martha. 2010. ''Hmong–Mien language history''. Canberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics. Mao Zongwu (1997) found that Younuo, Wunai, and Pa-Hng language, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mak Language
The Mak language (; autonym: ''ʔai3 maːk8'')See Proto-Tai language#Tones for an explanation of the tone numbers. is a Kam–Sui language spoken in Libo County, Qiannan Prefecture, Guizhou, China. It is spoken mainly in the four townships of Yangfeng (羊/阳风乡, including Dali 大利村 and Xinchang 新场村 dialects), Fangcun (方村), Jialiang (甲良), and Diwo (地莪) in Jialiang District (甲良), Libo County. Mak speakers can also be found in Dushan County. Mak is spoken alongside Ai-Cham and Bouyei. The Mak are officially classified as Bouyei by the Chinese government. Yang (2000) considers Ai-Cham and Mak to be different dialects of the same language. The Fangcun dialect was first studied by Fang-Kuei Li in 1942, and the Yangfeng dialect was studied in the 1980s by Dabai Ni of the Minzu University of China Minzu University of China (MUC, ) is a national public university in Haidian District, Beijing, China designated for ethnic minorities in China. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luobohe Miao
Luobohe Miao (罗泊河 ''Luóbóhé'' Miao, Luobo River Miao, Luopohe Hmong; Xijia Miao 西家苗), also known as Hmjo or A-Hmyo, is a Miao language of China. Distribution According to Chen Qiguang (2013), there are more than 50,000 ' (Flowery Miao 花苗) speakers in Kaiyang, Fuquan, Longli, Guiding, Weng'an, and other counties of southeastern Guizhou. Phonology Luobo River Miao has an unusually small number of tones for a Hmongic language, with just three: high 55, rising 24, and falling 31. Xijia Xijia (西家), a variety of Luobohe Miao, had 1,300 speakers as of 2000 in 21 villages surrounding Kaili City, Guizhou, and in Pingzhai Village (平寨村) of Longchang Township (龙厂乡), and Xiangma (响马村), Loumiao (娄苗菜), and Fuzhuang Villages of Lushan Township (卢山乡). It is also spoken in Majiatun Township (马家屯乡) and Dabaomu Township (大保姆乡) of Kaili City. The Xijia of Shiban Village (石板寨村), Dafengdong Township (大风洞乡), Kaili c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
