Jinping County, Guizhou


Jinping County is a county in the east of Guizhou province, China, bordering Hunan to the east. It is under the administration of the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture.

Languages

Dong

Dong is the most widely spoken non-Chinese language in Jinping County. The three main dialects of Dong are the Jiuzhai, Datong, and Qimeng dialects.
Eastern Miao is spoken as a first language by about 40,000 people in Jinping County. There are three main Miao dialects spoken in Jinping County, with their respective geographical distributions listed as follows.
;1. Hekou dialect
;2. Ouli dialect
Note: Ouli has some notable internal dialectal differences. For example, the dialect spoken in Ouli has some differences from the dialect spoken in Loujiang, Tongpo, and Suijiang.
;3. Yuhe dialect
Note: Yuhe is the most divergent dialect.

Climate