The Tongdao Pinghua is a variety of Guibei

Pinghua Pinghua (; Yale romanization of Cantonese, Yale: ''Pìhng Wá''; sometimes disambiguated as /) is a pair of Sinitic languages spoken mainly in parts of the Guangxi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with some speakers in Hunan province. Pinghua ...

(桂北平话) influenced by Kam (Dong). It is spoken by about 25,000 people in

Tongdao Dong Autonomous County Tongdao (the full name: "''Tongdao Dong Autonomous County''", ; usually referred to as "''Tongdao County''", ) is an autonomous county of Dong people in Hunan, Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of ...

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

, China (Shi 2015:137). Although Tongdao Pinghua speakers are classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Han, the speakers consider themselves to be a distinct ethnic group, and neither Han nor Kam.Peng Jianguo ��建国 2010
湖南通道侗族“本地话”的语音系统及其归属
Journal of Yunmeng 云梦学刊, Vol. 31, No. 4.

Names

Tongdao Pinghua speakers call their own language ''Bendihua'' 本地话 (the name ''Bendihua'' () literally means 'native language'), although some speakers also refer to it as ''Jiangping'' 讲平. The

Kam people The Kam people, officially known in China as Dong people (; endonym: , ), a Kam–Sui people of Southern China, are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They are famed for their native-bred ''Kam ...

refer to it as ', and the Yao ( Pa Hng speakers) refer to it as ''Luoyanhua'' (洛岩话; "Luoyan language"). Tongdao Pinghua speakers call themselves the ' people (我们人) (Shi 2015:137).Shi Lin ��林 2015. ''Three language varieties of the Hunan-Guizhou-Guangxi border region'' ��黔桂边区的三个族群方言岛 Beijing: China Social Sciences Academy Press ��国社会科学出版社 The Dong call them ' () or ' (), while the language is called ' (). The Dong refer to Han Chinese of Jingzhou County, Hunan as ' (), and their language as ' (). The Yao refer to the Bendi language as '.

Locations

Within

Province, Tongdao Pinghua is primarily spoken in Xiaxiang 下乡, Linkou 临口, and Jingwuzhou 菁芜州 townships. Tongdao Pinghua is also spoken to a lesser extent in the townships of Mujiao 木脚, Xikou 溪口, and Malong 马龙, as well as

Chengbu County Chengbu Miao Autonomous County (; usually referred to as "Chengbu County", commonly abbreviated as "Chengbu", ) is an autonomous county of Miao people in the Province of Hunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located on ...

, Hunan and

Longsheng County Longsheng Various Nationalities (Gezu) Autonomous County ( zh, s=龙胜各族自治县, t=龍勝各族自治縣, p=Lóngshèng Gèzú Zìzhìxiàn; za, Lungzhingz Gakcuz Swciyen; usually referred to as "Longsheng County" ) is a county in the nort ...

, Guangxi.

Dialects

Peng (2010:1) divides Tongdao Pinghua into 4 main dialects. *Xiaxiang 下乡话: spoken in the townships of Xiaxiang 下乡 (entire township), Linkou 临口 (in the villages of Guantuan 官团, Shanxi 山溪, and Shibi 石壁), and Mujiao 木脚 (in Xishang Village 溪上 and Gengtou Village 更头) *Jingwu 菁芜话: spoken in some villages in Jingwuzhou Township 菁芜洲镇. Shi (2015) documents the variety of Luantang 銮塘 in Jingwuzhou Township 菁芜洲镇. *Xingwu 杏五话: spoken by just under 3,000 people in Linkou Township 临口乡 (in Xinhua 杏花 and Wuyi 五一 villages, as well as other neighboring villages) *Taizhong 太中话: spoken in the townships of Taipingyan 太平岩, Zhongtuan 中团, and Mujiao 木脚 (in Mujiao Village 木脚村) Shi (2015) recognizes the 4 Tongdao Pinghua dialects of: *Luantang 銮塘 *Linkou 临口 *Taipingyan 太平岩 *Dengkou 邓口

References

*Peng Jianguo ��建国 2010
湖南通道侗族“本地话”的语音系统及其归属
Journal of Yunmeng 云梦学刊, Vol. 31, No. 4. *Peng Jianguo ��建国 2003
Research on Bendihua of Tongdao County, Hunan (湖南通道“本地话”调查)
M.A. dissertation. Changsha: Hunan Normal University ��南师范大学 *Shi Lin ��林 2015. ''Three language varieties of the Hunan-Guizhou-Guangxi border region'' ��黔桂边区的三个族群方言岛 Beijing: China Social Sciences Academy Press ��国社会科学出版社 {{Chinese language Varieties of Chinese