Nong Zhuang language

Nong Zhuang
Nong Zhuang
Kauqnuangz , Kauqnoangz , Kauqraeuz
	Geographic distribution of Nong Zhuang
Native to	China
Region	Wenshan Prefecture
Native speakers	500,000 (2008)
Language family	Kra?Dai Tai Central Tai Nong Zhuang ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zhn
Glottolog	nong1247

Nong Zhuang ( Chinese : ??? ) is a Tai language spoken mainly in Wenshan Prefecture , Yunnan , China . In Wenshan Prefecture, it is spoken in Yanshan, Guangnan, Wenshan, Maguan, Funing, Xichou , and Malipo counties, and also in Honghe Prefecture and Vietnam. The heaviest concentrations relative to other Zhuang groups are in Xichou (96% of the total Zhuang population) and Malipo (90% of the total Zhuang population) counties (Johnson 2011a:43).

Names [ edit ]

Below are various names (both autonyms and exonyms) for the Nong Zhuang people (Johnson 2011a:43).

Pu Nong (??)
p?u31 n?ŋ33 , p?u22 n?ŋ44
Nongzu (?族) or Nongren (?人)
Long (?)
Bu Tei
Bendi ( Chinese : 本地 'indigenous')

Subdivisions [ edit ]

Johnson (2011a) gives the following subdivisions for the Nong Zhuang peoples.

Dao Nong (道?) , or Nong Dau ( n?ŋ44 taːu55 ): Guangnan County
Niang Nong (仰?) , or Nong Nyeng ( n?ŋ44 ??ŋ22 ); also called the "Green Nong" (??): along the Chouyang River (??河) in Xichou and Malipo counties.
Du Nong (??) , or Nong Du ( n?ŋ44 tu31 ): along the Duzhou River (??河) in Maguan County .
Ting Nong (??) : along the Puting River (普?河) in central Funing County (Xinghua ??, Banlun 板? and Guichao ?朝 Townships)
Jin Nong (??) , or Nong Jing ( n?ŋ44 t?iŋ24 ); also called the "Upper Nong" (上方?): northeastern Wenshan County and Yanshan County .

A variety of Nong Zhuang known as Ao 傲 (autonym: Genluo 艮? ) is spoken by 58 people (as of 1960) in Banlun 板?, Funing County (You 2013:291; Yunnan 1979). ^[2]^[3]

Pyang Zhuang (or Fuping Zhuang 扶平? ), a Central Tai language variety closely related to Nong Zhuang, is spoken in Fuping Township 扶平?, Debao County, Guangxi. ^[4]

References [ edit ]

^ Nong Zhuang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ You Weiqiong [尤??]. 2013. Classifying ethnic groups of Yunnan [云南民族???究]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社].
^ Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaocha zubian 云南民族???合???? (1979). Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaocha baogao (1960 nian) 云南民族???合???告(1960年). Kunming: Yunnan minzuxue yanjiu suoyin 云南民族??究所印.
^ "Fuping Zhuang" . Archived from the original on 2014-02-23 . Retrieved 2015-11-20 .

Johnson, Eric C. 2011a. " The Southern Zhuang Languages of Yunnan Province's Wenshan Prefecture from a Sociolinguistic Perspective ." [Working paper]. S.l.: s.n. 49 pages.
Johnson, Eric C. 2011b. " A Lexical and Phonological Comparison of the Central Taic Languages of Wenshan Prefecture, China: Getting More Out of Language Survey Wordlists Than Just Lexical Similarity Percentages. " SIL Electronic Working Papers 2011-005: 170.

[e18-1] Nong Zhuang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[You2013-2] You Weiqiong [尤??]. 2013. Classifying ethnic groups of Yunnan [云南民族???究]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社].

[Yunnan1979-3] Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaocha zubian 云南民族???合???? (1979). Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaocha baogao (1960 nian) 云南民族???合???告(1960年). Kunming: Yunnan minzuxue yanjiu suoyin 云南民族??究所印.

[4] "Fuping Zhuang" . Archived from the original on 2014-02-23 . Retrieved 2015-11-20 .

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