Tongdao Pinghua


The Tongdao Pinghua is a variety of Guibei Pinghua influenced by Kam. It is spoken by about 25,000 people in Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, Hunan, China.
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.

Names

Tongdao Pinghua speakers call their own language Bendihua 本地话, although some speakers also refer to it as Jiangping 讲平. The Kam people refer to it as ', and the Yao refer to it as Luoyanhua..
Tongdao Pinghua speakers call themselves the ' people . 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 Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, Hunan 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, Hunan and Longsheng County, Guangxi.

Dialects

Peng divides Tongdao Pinghua into 4 main dialects.
Shi recognizes the 4 Tongdao Pinghua dialects of: