Dialects
Shaozhou Tuhua is also known as Yuebei Tuhua 粤北土话 "Northern Guangxi/Guangdong Tuhua" in Guangxi and Guangdong and as Xiangnan Tuhua 湘南土话 "Southern Hunanese Tuhua" or Hunan Tuhua in Hunan, and as 虱婆话 shīpó huà "Shipo dialect", 虱乸话 shīnǎ huà "Shina dialect", or 虱婆声 shīpó shēng "Shipo accent" in its own region. It is also known as Pingdi Yaohua (平地瑶话 "Lowland Yao dialect"), locally Piongtuojo, Piongtoajeu; "Yao" here might be a cultural designation, as only half of the one million speakers are classified as ethnic Yao.
Li & Zhuang (2009) cover the following dialects of Shaoguan Tuhua.
- Dacun 大村, Qujiang District
- Xiangyang 向阳, Wujiang District
- Shibei 石陂, Zhenjiang District
- Zhoutian 周田, Renhua County
- Shitang 石塘, Renhua County
- Guitou 桂头, Ruyuan County
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