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Pyang Zhuang language

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Native to
  
China

ISO 639-3
  
None (mis)

Region
  
Debao County, Guangxi

Glottolog
  
None

Language family
  
Tai–Kadai Tai Zuojiang–Southwest Nung–Thai Nung (Central Tai) Pyang Zhuang

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.

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The Pyang refer to themselves as pja:ŋB2 or tʰoːC1-A, 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).

  • Fuping Village 扶平村, Jingde Town 敬德镇, Debao County, Guangxi
  • Tuoxin 驮信村 (ˀba:n55 te:31 θin21 in Pyang Zhuang)
  • Ronghua Township 荣华乡, Debao County, Guangxi
  • Kuixu Township 魁圩乡, Jingxi County, Guangxi

    • 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).

  • Proto-Tai *kr- > tɕʰ- (as opposed to *kr- > kʰj- in Yang Zhuang, and *kr- > h- in Southwestern Tai). Examples include tɕʰaːA1-A ‘to seek’ and tɕʰɔkDS1-A ‘six’.
  • hɔkDS1-A ‘to do’ is only found in Pyang Zhuang and Nong Zhuang (as opposed to hatDS1-A ‘to do’ in Yang Zhuang, and hetDS1-A ‘to do’ in Zuojiang Zhuang and Isan).

    • References

    Pyang Zhuang language Wikipedia
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