Zhuang, Yongnan

Facts

  • Language: Zhuang, Yongnan
  • Alternate names: Bou Rau, Long An, Long’an, Nung An, Southern Zhuang, Yongnan Vernacular of the Southern Dialect of the Zhuang Language, Zhuangyu nanbu fangyan Yongnan tuyu
  • Language code: zyn
  • Language family: Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Daic-Beic, Daic, Northern Daic-Sek, Northern Daic, Yongnan-Yongbei
  • Number of speakers: 1800000
  • Script: Category

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    Introduction

    Zhuang, Yongnan is a language of China. It is spoken in South Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, south Yongning, Longan, Fusui, Shangsi, Qinzhou, and Fangcheng counties; some in Jingxi county; Yunnan Province, Funing county. Also in Viet Nam.

    Dialects

    Most similar languages are Zuojiang Zhuang (See: Zhuang, Zuojiang?) (Nung Chao), Yongbei Zhuang (See: Zhuang, Yongbei), Yang Zhuang (See: Zhuang, Yang?) (Nung Giang), and other Nung languages of Viet Nam. Lexical similarity: 70% with Nong (See: Zhuang, Nong?), Yang (See: Zhuang, Yang?), Yongnan (See: Zhuang, Yongnan), Zuojiang (See: Zhuang, Zuojiang?), and Dai (See: Zhuang, Dai?), 65% with Yongbei Zhuang (See: Zhuang, Yongbei).

    The Zhuang, Yongnan Verb

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