Pyang_Zhuang_language

Pyang Zhuang language

Pyang Zhuang language

Tai language spoken in China


Pyang Zhuang, or Fuping Zhuang (Chinese: 扶平语), is an underdescribed Central Tai language spoken in southwestern Guangxi, China. It appears to be most closely related to Nong Zhuang.[1]

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The Pyang refer to themselves as pjaːŋB2 or tʰoːC1-A,[2] but are referred to as ˀjujC1 by the surrounding Yang Zhuang people (Liao 2016:315).

Distribution

Pyang Zhuang is spoken in the following locations of Guangxi, China (Liao 2016:315-316).

Classification

Pyang Zhuang may be closely related to the Nong Zhuang language of Yunnan. Innovations shared between Pyang Zhuang and Nong Zhuang include the following (Liao 2016:316).


References

  1. See Proto-Tai_language#Tones for an explanation of the tone codes.
  2. (Pittayaporn 2009:143); *xr- in Li (1977:233)
  • Liao Hanbo. 2016. Tonal development of Tai languages. M.A. dissertation. Chiang Mai: Payap University.

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