Zuojiang Zhuang | |
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Tho | |
Native to | China, Vietnam |
Region | Guangxi, Yunnan, Lạng Sơn |
Native speakers | (1.8 million cited 2000 censuses)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | zzj |
Glottolog | zuoj1238 |
Zuojiang Zhuang (Chinese: 左江壮语; pinyin: Zuǒjiāng Zhuàngyǔ) 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,[2] 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).