Zuojiang Zhuang languages

Zuojiang Zhuang
Tho
Native toChina, Vietnam
RegionGuangxi, Yunnan, Lạng Sơn
Native speakers
(1.8 million cited 2000 censuses)[1]
Kra–Dai
  • Tai
    • various
      • Zuojiang Zhuang
Language codes
ISO 639-3zzj
Glottologzuoj1238

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).

  1. ^ Zuojiang Zhuang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ 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

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