Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County

Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County is an ethnic Mulao county of northern Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Hechi City. It is the only Mulao autonomous county in China.

Administrative divisions

There are 7 towns and 4 townships in the county:

The Mulao language is spoken by the Mulao people of Luocheng County.
At least seven varieties of Chinese are spoken in Luocheng County.

Putonghua is the national language of China.
Gui-Liu Hua is a local Pinghua variety spoken in Guilin and Liuzhou. It was spoken by government officials formerly sent to administer the region, and also used to be spoken in the provincial court.
Tuguai Hua is the local Southwestern Mandarin vernacular spoken in Luocheng, Rongshui, and other nearby counties.
Magai is a Cantonese variety introduced by migrating merchants from Guangdong.
Ngai is a form of Southern Chinese with seven tones. It is spoken by 20,000 Han peasant agriculturalists.
Yangsan is an archaic form of Chinese now spoken by only 300 people. It retains voiced stops and ten tones.
Southern Min was introduced by recent migrants from Fujian.