Tongdao Pinghua

The Tongdao Pinghua 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).
Although Tongdao Pinghua speakers are classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Han, the speakers consider themselves to be a distinct ethnic group, and neither Han nor Kam.
Names.
Tongdao Pinghua speakers call their own language "Bendihua" 本地话 (the name "Bendihua" () literally means 'native language'), although some speakers also refer to it as "Jiangping" 讲平. The Kam people refer to it as "", and the Yao (Pa Hng speakers) refer to it as "Luoyanhua" (洛岩话; "Luoyan language").
Tongdao Pinghua speakers call themselves the ' people (我们人) (Shi 2015:137). The Dong call them ' () or ' (), while the language is called ' (). The Dong refer to Han Chinese of Jingzhou County, Hunan as ' (), and their language as ' (). The Yao refer to the Bendi language as "".
Locations.
Within Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, Hunan Province, Tongdao Pinghua is primarily spoken in Xiaxiang 下乡, Linkou 临口, and Jingwuzhou 菁芜州 townships. Tongdao Pinghua 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.
Dialects.
Peng (2010:1) divides Tongdao Pinghua into 4 main dialects.
Shi (2015) recognizes the 4 Tongdao Pinghua dialects of: