Guanyang County (;
Zhuang language
The Zhuang languages (; autonym: , , pre-1982: , Sawndip: 話僮, from ''vah'', 'language' and ''Cuengh'', 'Zhuang'; ) are the more than a dozen Tai languages spoken by the Zhuang people of Southern China in the province of Guangxi and adjacen ...
: ) is a county in the northeast of the
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
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, China, bordering
Hunan
Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...
province to the east. It is under the administration of
Guilin
Guilin (Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''), postal map romanization, formerly romanization of Chinese, romanized as Kweilin, is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is situated on the we ...
city.
Administrative divisions
Guanyang County is divided into 6 towns, 1 township and 2 ethnic townships:
;towns
*Guanyang Town 灌阳镇
*Huangguan Town 黄关镇
*Wenshi Town 文市镇
*Xinjie Town 新街镇
*Xinxu Town 新圩镇
*Shuiche Town 水车镇
;township
*Guanyinge Township 观音阁乡
;ethnic townships
*Dongjing Yao Ethnic Township 洞井瑶族乡
*Xishan Yao Ethnic Township 西山瑶族乡
Ethnic subgroups
Yao ethnic subgroups and dialect areas of Guanyang County are:
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*Pan Yao 盘瑶
**
Iu Mien 优勉, Guoshan Yao 过山瑶
***Dahejiang 大河江, Yezhudian 野猪殿, and Baoliang 保良 of Dongjing 洞井
***Xiaohejiang 小河江 of Dongjing 洞井, Panjiang 盘江 of Guanyin'ge 观音阁
***Doushui 陡水, Dazhushan 大竹山, and Shunxi 顺溪 of Huanguan 黄关
**
Biao Min
***''Dialect area 1''
****Hongqi Township 红旗乡: Wenhua 文化, Xiufeng 秀凤, Shangwang 上王, Helong 鹤龙
****Xinyu Township 新圩乡: Hongshuiqing 洪水箐, Guiyang 贵阳
****Shuiche Township 水车乡: Shangpao 上泡, Xiapao 下泡, Dongliu 东流, Hecheng 合成, Sanhuang 三皇, Xiumu 修睦
***''Dialect area 2''
****Jiangtang, Shuiche 水车乡江塘; Baizhuping, Wenshi 文市镇白竹坪
*White-Collar / Bailing Yao 白领瑶. The Bailing Yao speak a form of
Pinghua
Pinghua is a pair of Sinitic languages spoken mainly in parts of Guangxi, with some speakers in Hunan. Pinghua is a trade language in some areas of Guangxi, spoken as a second language by speakers of Zhuang languages. Some speakers are offic ...
called Youjia(hua) 优家话.
**Xishan Township 西山瑶族乡: Lannitang 烂泥塘, Yantang 盐塘, Lingdi 灵地, Hongtou 江头, Huangnibang 黄泥榜, Jiangkou 江口, Beishajian 北沙涧, Chayuan 茶源
**Xinjie Township 新街乡: Liexijian 烈溪涧
**Hongqi Township 红旗乡: Dayuan 大源, Fanshen 翻身, Matou 马头, Yutang 鱼塘, Paibujiang 排埠江
**Xinwei Township 新圩乡: Chaoli 潮立
*Four-Village / Sicun Yao 四村瑶. The Sicun Yao speak a form of
Pinghua
Pinghua is a pair of Sinitic languages spoken mainly in parts of Guangxi, with some speakers in Hunan. Pinghua is a trade language in some areas of Guangxi, spoken as a second language by speakers of Zhuang languages. Some speakers are offic ...
called Sicun(hua) 四村话. It is related to Youjia(hua) 优家话, which is spoken by the neighboring Bailing Yao 白领瑶.
**Dongjiang Township 洞井瑶族乡: Baoliang 保良
*Jiaojiang Yao 蕉江瑶. The Jiaojiang Yao speak a form of
Pinghua
Pinghua is a pair of Sinitic languages spoken mainly in parts of Guangxi, with some speakers in Hunan. Pinghua is a trade language in some areas of Guangxi, spoken as a second language by speakers of Zhuang languages. Some speakers are offic ...
of the same name (Jiaojiang Yao 蕉江瑶语).
**Xishan Township 西山瑶族乡: Daping 大坪, Batang 扒塘, Jiangkou 江口, Henglutou 横路头, Zhendongjiang 正东江
**Hongqi Township 红旗乡: Fanshen 翻身, Matou 马头, Dayuan 大源, Yutang 鱼塘
Climate
References
Counties of Guangxi
Administrative divisions of Guilin
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