Bendi Pinghua

Bendihua
Native to China
Region Hunan
Native speakers
 25,000 (date missing)
Sino-Tibetan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
ISO 639-6 (none)
Glottolog None

The Bendi language, Bendihua (Chinese: 本地话), is a variety of Guibei Pinghua (桂北平话) influenced by Kam (Dong). It is spoken by about 25,000 people in Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, Hunan, China (Shi 2015:137).[1]

Although Bendihua speakers are classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Han, the speakers consider themselves to be a distinct ethnic group, and not Han or Kam.[2]

Names

Bendihua 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 Bendihua as li˧˩ka˧˩ti˦˩, and the Yao (Pa Hng speakers) refer to it as Luoyanhua (洛岩话; "Luoyan language").[2] The name Bendihua 本地话 literally means 'native language' in Mandarin Chinese.

Bendi speakers call themselves the wən˨ɲən˨ people (我们人) (Shi 2015:137).[1] The Dong call Bendi people ka˧˩pən˧ti˧ (Chinese: 本地客) or ka˧˩ti˧ (Chinese: 地客), while the Bendi language is called li˧˩ka˧˩ti˦˨ (Chinese: 本地话).[1] The Dong refer to Han Chinese of Jingzhou County, Hunan as ka˧˩ (Chinese: 客), and their language as li˧˩ka˧˩ (Chinese: 客话). The Yao refer to the Bendi language as lo˧ŋai˧.[1]

Locations

Within Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, Hunan Province, Bendihua is primarily spoken in Xiaxiang 下乡, Linkou 临口, and Jingwuzhou 菁芜州 townships. Bendihua 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.[2]

Dialects

Peng (2010:1)[2] divides Bendihua into 4 main dialects.

Shi (2015) recognizes the 4 Bendi dialects of:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Shi Lin [石林]. 2015. Three language varieties of the Hunan-Guizhou-Guangxi border region [湘黔桂边区的三个族群方言岛]. Beijing: China Social Sciences Academy Press [中国社会科学出版社]. ISBN 9787516164945
  2. 1 2 3 4 Peng Jianguo [彭建国]. 2010. 湖南通道侗族“本地话”的语音系统及其归属. Journal of Yunmeng 云梦学刊, Vol. 31, No. 4.
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