Zuojiang Zhuang languages explained

Zuojiang Zhuang
Nativename:Tho
States:China, Vietnam
Region:Guangxi, Yunnan, Lạng Sơn
Speakers:1.8 million
Date:2000 censuses
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Kradai
Fam2:Tai
Fam3:various
Iso3:zzj
Glotto:zuoj1238
Glottorefname:Zuojiang Zhuang

Zuojiang Zhuang is a dialect-bund in Zhuang languages spoken along the Zuo River, including the counties of Tiandeng, Daxin, Chongzuo, Ningming, Longzhou, and Pingxiang in Guangxi,[1] some villages in Funing in Yunnan, and Vietnam, and is a putative branch of Tai languages of China and Vietnam. Also known as Tho (a name shared with Tày and Cuoi of Vietnam).

Classification

In the 1950s as part of the classification of Zhuang languages, Zuojiang Zhuang was recognised as a dialect, or language, in Guangxi, China. In 2007, ISO 639-3 also included speakers Vietnam as the Zuojiang river goes into there. The classification of Phittiyaporn (2009) suggests Zuojiang is not a single branch, but part of two main branches of the Tai language family (clades B, F, and H). See Tai languages for details.

References

Notes and References

  1. 张均如 / Zhang Junru, et al. 壮语方言研究 / Zhuang yu fang yan yan jiu [A Study of Zhuang dialects]. Chengdu: 四川民族出版社 / Sichuan min zu chu ban she, 1999. page 300