Alternate Names: Gang Bau, Kang Bau, Kang Beu, Kang Pau
Dialects: Minor dialect differences, but all mutually intelligible.
Status Notes: Language of recognized nationality: Han.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 80,000 (Liang Min and Zhang Junru 2002). 10,000 monolinguals. Women and small children are monolingual. Ethnic population: 120,000.
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. With Biao people, Biao usually used. Most Biao have frequent contact with Chinese-speaking Han and Zhuang people, and then use a local Yue Chinese [yue] dialect, often Bai hua.
Language Development: There is an effort to use more standard Mandarin in schools in the Biao area. Grammar.
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: China
Other Comments: Consider themselves a distinct ethnic group from Chinese-speaking Han people around them. Traditional religion, Buddhist, Daoist.