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The Buyang people are an officially unrecognized Kra ethnic group living in Wenshan Prefecture Yunnan and Napo County Guangxi in China. They are closely related to the Laha Qabiao Gelao and Lachi. The Buyang language is spoken although many Buyang are now shifting to Zhuang and Southwestern Mandarin. In Yunnan the Buyang are classified by the Chinese government as Zhuang while they are classified as Yao in Guangxi (Li 2006).

language
Southwestern Mandarin, Buyang language, Zhuang languages
population place
China, Yunnan, Napo County, Guangxi, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture
total population
2000

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