Nong Zhuang language
Tai language spoken in Yunnan, China
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Kauqnuangz , Kauqnoangz , Kauqraeuz | |
Geographic distribution of Nong Zhuang
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Native to | China |
Region | Wenshan Prefecture |
Native speakers
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500,000 (2008) [1] |
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Nong Zhuang ( Chinese : 侬壮语 ) 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
Below are various names (both autonyms and exonyms) for the Nong Zhuang people (Johnson 2011a:43).
- Pu Nong (濮侬)
- pʰu31 nɔŋ33 , pʰu22 nɔŋ44
- Nongzu (侬族) or Nongren (侬人)
- Long (龙)
- Bu Tei
- Bendi ( Chinese : 本地 'indigenous')
Subdivisions
Johnson (2011a) gives the following subdivisions for the Nong Zhuang peoples.
- Dao Nong (道侬) , or Nong Dau ( nɔŋ44 taːu55 ): Guangnan County
- Niang Nong (仰侬) , or Nong Nyeng ( nɔŋ44 ɲɛŋ22 ); also called the "Green Nong" (青侬): along the Chouyang River (畴阳河) in Xichou and Malipo counties.
- Du Nong (赌侬) , or Nong Du ( nɔŋ44 tu31 ): along the Duzhou River (赌咒河) in Maguan County .
- Ting Nong (厅侬) : along the Puting River (普厅河) in central Funing County (Xinghua 兴华, Banlun 板仑 and Guichao 皈朝 Townships)
- Jin Nong (锦侬) , or Nong Jing ( nɔŋ44 tɕiŋ24 ); also called the "Upper Nong" (上方侬): northeastern Wenshan County and Yanshan County .
A variety of Nong Zhuang known as Ao 傲 (autonym: Genluo 艮雒 ) is spoken by 58 people (as of 1960) in Banlun 板仑, Funing County (You 2013:291; Yunnan 1979). [2] [3]
Pyang Zhuang (or Fuping Zhuang 扶平壮 ), a Central Tai language variety closely related to Nong Zhuang, is spoken in Fuping Township 扶平乡, Debao County, Guangxi. [4]
See also
- Nung language (Tai) of Vietnam
References
- ↑ Nong Zhuang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ You Weiqiong [尤伟琼]. 2013. Classifying ethnic groups of Yunnan [云南民族识别研究]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社].
- ↑ Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaocha zubian 云南民族识别综合调查组编 (1979). Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaocha baogao (1960 nian) 云南民族识别综合调查报告(1960年). Kunming: Yunnan minzuxue yanjiu suoyin 云南民族学研究所印.
- ↑ "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.
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