Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County

Luocheng County 罗城县 · Lozcwngz Swciyen
County
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 / 24.783°N 108.900°E / 24.783; 108.900Coordinates: 24°47′N 108°54′E / 24.783°N 108.900°E / 24.783; 108.900
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Guangxi
Prefecture-level city	Hechi
Township-level divisions	7 towns 4 townships
County seat	(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)

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.

Administrative divisions[]

There are 7 towns and 4 townships in the county:^[1]

• Towns (Chinese: 镇; pinyin: zhèn):
  • (东门镇)
  • (龙岸镇)
  • (黄金镇)
  • (小长安镇)
  • (四把镇)
  • (天河镇)
  • (怀群镇)
• Townships (乡; xiāng):
  • (宝坛乡)
  • (乔善乡)
  • (纳翁乡)
  • (兼爱乡)

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.

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