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Lingling dialect

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Native to
  
China

Ethnicity
  
Miao

Language family
  
mixed Mandarin–Miao

Region
  
Guangxi

Native speakers
  
(20,000 cited 1991)

ISO 639-3
  
None (mis)

Lingling (Chinese: Ling hua 伶话 línghuà or Lingling hua; Lingling: liŋ˥ va˧) is an unclassified mixed Chinese dialect. It is spoken by 20,000 ethnic Miao in Longsheng County, Guangxi. It is only spoken within the community; with outsiders, Southwestern Mandarin is spoken.

He (2009) covers the Linghua dialect of Taiping 太平村, Pingdeng Township 平等乡, Longsheng County, Guangxi.

References

Lingling dialect Wikipedia