Zhuang languages

Zhuang
Zhuang
Vahcuengh ("Zhuang"), Hauqcuengh (Yongbei); Kauqnuangz (Nong), Kauqnoangz; Hoedyaej (Guibian), Hauƽyəiч (Qiubei); Hauqraeuz, Gangjdoj (Yongbei, Nong, Qiubei); Kauqraeuz, Gangjtoj (Nong, Yang, Dai)
Native to	China
Ethnicity	Zhuang people
Native speakers	16 million, all Northern Zhuang languages (2007)
Language family	Kra–Dai Kam–Tai Be–Tai ? Tai Northern Tai and Central Tai Zhuang; ; ; ; ;
Standard forms	Standard Zhuang;
Writing system	Zhuang, Old Zhuang, Sawndip, Sawgoek
Language codes
ISO 639-1	za
ISO 639-2	zha
ISO 639-3	zha – inclusive code; Individual codes:; zch – Central Hongshuihe Zhuang; zhd – Dai Zhuang (Wenma); zeh – Eastern Hongshuihe Zhuang; zgb – Guibei Zhuang; zgn – Guibian Zhuang; zln – Lianshan Zhuang; zlj – Liujiang Zhuang; zlq – Liuqian Zhuang; zgm – Minz Zhuang; zhn – Nong Zhuang (Yanguang); zqe – Qiubei Zhuang; zyg – Yang Zhuang (Dejing); zyb – Yongbei Zhuang; zyn – Yongnan Zhuang; zyj – Youjiang Zhuang; zzj – Zuojiang Zhuang
Glottolog	None; daic1237 = Daic; Zhuang is not a valid group
	Geographic location of Zhuang dialects in Guangxi and related languages in Northern Vietnam and Guizhou
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The Zhuang languages (Vahcuengh, Sawndip: 話僮) are made of more than a dozen Tai languages spoken by the Zhuang people of Southern China in the province of Guangxi and neighbouring parts of Yunnan and Guangdong. Northern Zhuang languages form a dialect continuum with Northern Tai varieties across the border in Guizhou, which are designated as Bouyei, while Southern Zhuang languages form another dialect continuum with Central Tai varieties such as Nung, Tay and Caolan in Vietnam. Standard Zhuang is based on the Northern Zhuang dialect of Wuming.

Notes

↑ Mikael Parkvall, "Världens 100 största språk 2007" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007), in Nationalencyklopedin
↑ Bradley, David (2007). "East and Southeast Asia". In Moseley, Christopher (ed.). Encyclopedia of the World's Engangered Languages. Routledge. pp. 349–422. ISBN 978-1-135-79640-2. p. 370.

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Zhuang
Vahcuengh ("Zhuang"), Hauqcuengh (Yongbei) Kauqnuangz (Nong), Kauqnoangz Hoedyaej (Guibian), Hauƽyəiч (Qiubei) Hauqraeuz, Gangjdoj (Yongbei, Nong, Qiubei) Kauqraeuz, Gangjtoj (Nong, Yang, Dai)
Native to	China
Ethnicity	Zhuang people
Native speakers	16 million, all Northern Zhuang languages (2007)
Language family	Kra–Dai Kam–Tai Be–Tai ? Tai Northern Tai and Central Tai Zhuang
Standard forms	Standard Zhuang
Writing system	Zhuang, Old Zhuang, Sawndip, Sawgoek
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`za`
ISO 639-2	`zha`
ISO 639-3	`zha` – inclusive code Individual codes: `zch` – Central Hongshuihe Zhuang `zhd` – Dai Zhuang (Wenma) `zeh` – Eastern Hongshuihe Zhuang `zgb` – Guibei Zhuang `zgn` – Guibian Zhuang `zln` – Lianshan Zhuang `zlj` – Liujiang Zhuang `zlq` – Liuqian Zhuang `zgm` – Minz Zhuang `zhn` – Nong Zhuang (Yanguang) `zqe` – Qiubei Zhuang `zyg` – Yang Zhuang (Dejing) `zyb` – Yongbei Zhuang `zyn` – Yongnan Zhuang `zyj` – Youjiang Zhuang `zzj` – Zuojiang Zhuang
Glottolog	None `daic1237` = Daic; Zhuang is not a valid group
Geographic location of Zhuang dialects in Guangxi and related languages in Northern Vietnam and Guizhou
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