Zhuang language

E126954

The Zhuang language is a Tai-Kadai language spoken primarily by the Zhuang ethnic group in Guangxi and surrounding regions of southern China.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Zhuang language canonical 15
Zhuang languages 5
Zhuang 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai-Kadai language
language
tonal language
closelyRelatedTo Bouyei language
Lao language
Nung language
Thai language
country China
ethnicGroup Zhuang people
family Tai-Kadai language family
glottologCode zhua1255
hasAlternativeName Standard Zhuang
linked to: Zhuang language

Vahcuengh
hasDialects Northern Zhuang
linked to: Northern Tai

Southern Zhuang
Wuming Zhuang
hasWritingSystem Sawndip
Standard Zhuang orthography
iso639-1Code za
iso639-2Code zha
iso639-3Code zha
languageFamilyBranch Tai branch
linguisticTypology analytic language
macrolanguageStatus ISO 639-3 macrolanguage
officialStatus official language of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
phonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length in some dialects
tones
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn China
region South China
linked to: southern China
script Chinese characters
Latin script
spokenIn Guangdong Province
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
linked to: Guangxi Province

Guizhou Province
Yunnan Province
southern China
standardBasedOnDialect Wuming dialect
subfamily Central Tai
Northern Tai
usedBy Zhuang autonomous institutions in Guangxi
usedIn education in some areas of Guangxi
local media in Guangxi
usesLatinAlphabetSince 1950s
usesTraditionalScript Sawndip
wordOrder SVO
writingReform Latin-based orthography introduced in 1957
writingSystemType alphabetic
logographic (Sawndip)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liuzhou localLanguage Zhuang language
subject linked to: Liuzhou, Guangxi, China
Southern China hasLanguageGroup Zhuang language
subject linked to: southern China
Tai–Kadai languages includesLanguage Zhuang language
Beihai languageUsed Zhuang language
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region languageUsed Zhuang languages
subject linked to: Guangxi Province
linked to: Zhuang language
Zhuang language hasAlternativeName Standard Zhuang
linked to: Zhuang language
East Asian languages includesLanguage Zhuang
linked to: Zhuang language
Pinghua hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Zhuang languages
linked to: Zhuang language
Nanning majorLanguage Zhuang language
Zhuang people primaryLanguage Zhuang language
Wenshan language Zhuang language
Li language hasNeighboringLanguage Zhuang language
Guilin languageUsed Zhuang language
Tai languages hasMajorLanguage Zhuang languages
linked to: Zhuang language
Bouyei language closelyRelatedTo Zhuang language
Lakkia language hasContactWith Zhuang language
Lakkia language hasLexicalBorrowingFrom Zhuang language
Lakkia–Biao languages contactWith Zhuang languages
linked to: Zhuang language
Hepu County languageUsed Zhuang language
Silver Beach (Beihai) languageUsed Zhuang
subject linked to: Silver Beach
linked to: Zhuang language
Yinhai District language Zhuang
linked to: Zhuang language
Central Tai hasLanguage Xiangzhou Zhuang
linked to: Zhuang language
Northern Tai relatedTo Zhuang languages
linked to: Zhuang language
Tieshangang District languageUsed Zhuang language