羌族人口约30.6072万人(2000年),主要聚居在四川阿坝藏族羌族自治州茂县、汶川县、黑水县、松潘县和四川绵阳市的北川羌族自治县以及平武县。羌语属汉藏语系藏缅语族羌语支,分南部方言和北部方言。龙溪羌语属于南部方言龙溪 The population of Qiang people is about 306,672 (2000), and they mainly live in Maochou, Wenchuan, Heishui, Songpan and Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County and Pingwu County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. The Qiang language belongs to the Tibetan-Burmese ethnic Qiang language branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, which is divided into southern dialects and northern dialects. Longxi Qiang language belongs to the southern dialect Longxi