There are dozens of ethnic groups in Guizhou province of China that are not officially recognized. These ethnic groups and their languages include:
- Caijia è¡家
- Chuanlan ç©¿åÂ
°: over 300,000 people classified as Han, in Anshun Prefecture; many also speak Bouyei and Miao
- Chuanqing ç©¿éÂÂ: 500,000âÂÂ1,000,000 people classified as Han, mostly in Zhijin and Nayong, but also in Dafang, Shuicheng, Guanling, Qingzhen, Puding, and Liuzhi counties of Guizhou; has some non-Chinese loanwords
- Limin éÂÂæ°Â: 50,000âÂÂ100,000 people classified as Yi and sometimes as Li, in Liuzhi, Guanling, Pu'an, Xingren, Zhenning, and Anlong counties of western Guizhou; most have shifted to Southwestern Mandarin, with few Limin speakers remaining. Also in Qinglong (Qinglong County Gazetteer 1993). Wang (2011) has researched ethnic Limin villages including Fanhua Village å¡åÂÂæÂÂ, Pogong Township å¡贡éÂÂ, Guanling County.
- Liujia Ã¥Â
Âç²: 4,000 (1999) people classified as Han, in Congjiang County, Guizhou. Hou Jingrong (2009) considers the Liujia language to be a Yue Chinese dialect. In Guangxi, Liujia is spoken in Sanjiang County (in the townships of Guyi å¤å®ÂéÂÂ, Chengcun ç¨ÂæÂÂ乡, Doujiang æÂÂæ±ÂéÂÂ, Zhouping å¨åª乡, Laobao èÂÂ堡乡, and Zhouzhou 丹洲éÂÂ) and Rongshui County (in Dalang and Danian).
- Longjia é¾Âå®¶
- Lu å¢: 3,000âÂÂ6,000 people classified as Manchu, in Dafang, Qianxi (in Fuyuan éÂÂæºÂæÂ of Jinpo éÂÂå¡乡), and Bijie counties, Guizhou; also in Anluo å®Âæ´Â, Jinsha County; the Lu now speak Southwestern Mandarin. In Qianxi County, the ethnic Manchu (pop. 916 as of 1990) are known as Lu'eren ç¦Âé¢ÂÃ¥ÂÂ, Luren ç¦Â人, and Yuanren Ã¥ÂÂ人, and are distributed in Huangni Township é»Â泥乡 of Shachang District æ²ÂÃ¥ÂÂåº, as well as Dashui 大水, Gamu Ã¥ÂÂæÂ¨ä¹¡, and Shachang æ²ÂÃ¥ÂÂéÂÂ. Subdivisions include the White Luren ç½å¢人 and Black Luren é»Âå¢人.
- Nanjing people Ã¥ÂÂ京人: 120,000 people classified as Bai, in Bijie, Dafang (in Shagou æ²Âæ²ÂæÂ and Dongfeng ä¸Â丰æÂÂ), Liupanshui, Qianxi, Weining, Jinsha, Nayong, Anshun, Qingzhen, and Zhijin counties of western Guizhou; some speak the Longjia language. Ertang Township äºÂå¡Â乡, Zhongshan District éÂÂå±±åº has a population of 2,262 Nanjingren, with a total of 2,936 in Liupanshui prefecture; historical names include Longjiazi é¾Âå®¶åÂÂ/é¾ÂæÂ¶å and Longgedou é¾Âæ ¼åÂ
Â. Their autonym in Qianxi County is Xienan Ã¥ÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ, and Xiejing Ã¥ÂÂ京 in Dafang County (Zhenxiong County Gazetteer 1987:447). In Xixiu District, Anshun, the Nanjingren are also called the Yingtian åºÂ天. In Zhenxiong County, Yunnan, their autonyms include Awupu é¿ä¹Â浦 and Awudu é¿ä¹Âå µ (You 2013:134).
- Qixingmin ä¸Âå§Âæ°Â
- Shenzhou ç¥Âå·Â: 4,000 (1999) people classified as Han, in Anshun Prefecture; has some non-Chinese loanwords
- Tunbao 屯堡: archaic Chinese dialect spoken in Anshun Prefecture. Long, et al. (2011) covers the Tunbao dialect of Jiuxi Village, Daxiqiao Township, Anshun ().
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