Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County
Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County (zhuang: Lozcwngz Bouxmohlaujcuz Swci Yen,simplified Chinese: 罗城仫佬族自治县; traditional Chinese: 羅城仫佬族自治縣; pinyin: Luóchéng Mùlǎozú Zìzhìxiàn) is a county of northern Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Hechi City.
Luocheng County
罗城县 · Lozcwngz Swciyen | |
|---|---|
| 罗城仫佬族自治县 Lozcwngz Mulaujcuz Swciyen Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County | |
  Luocheng Location of the seat in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates: 24°47′N 108°54′E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Guangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Hechi |
| Township-level divisions | 7 towns 4 townships |
| County seat | Dongmen (东门镇) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,658 km2 (1,026 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 339 m (1,112 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 360,000 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Administrative divisions
There are 7 towns and 4 townships in the county:[1]
Languages
The Mulao language (or Mulam) is spoken by the Mulao people of Luocheng County.
At least seven varieties of Chinese are spoken in Luocheng County (Edmondson 1992:137).
- Putonghua is the national language of China.
- Gui-Liu Hua is a local Pinghua variety spoken in Guilin and Liuzhou. It was spoken by government officials formerly sent to administer the region, and also used to be spoken in the provincial court.
- Tuguai Hua is the local Southwestern Mandarin vernacular spoken in Luocheng, Rongshui, and other nearby counties.
- Magai is a Cantonese variety introduced by migrating merchants from Guangdong.
- Ngai is a form of Southern Chinese with seven tones. It is spoken by 20,000 Han peasant agriculturalists.
- Yangsan is an archaic form of Chinese now spoken by only 300 people. It retains voiced stops and ten tones.
- Southern Min was introduced by recent migrants from Fujian.
References
- Edmondson, Jerold A. 1992. "Fusion and diffusion in E, Guangxi Province, China". T. Dutton et al. (eds.) The language game: papers in memory of Donald C. Laycock (Pacific Linguistic Series, C-110). Department of Linguistics, Australian National University, Canberra, 135–144.
- 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：罗城仫佬族自治县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
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