The variety investigated is that of Changfa Township (长发乡), Longlin County (隆林县), Guangxi, China. There are some differences from Jerold Edmondson's "English-Bolyu glossary" (1995). The Bolyu of Guangxi are officially classified as ethnic Gelao. Bolyu has many loanwords with Gelao; also, the Bolyu people may have originally migrated from western Guizhou in predominantly Gelao-speaking territories.

Tones:

• 1 = /13/
• 2 = /33/
• 3 = /55/
• 4 = /31/
• 5 = /53/
• 6 = /11/
• 7 = /53/
• 8 = /31/
• 10 = /11/

Andrew Hsiu