Pyang Zhuang language
| Pyang Zhuang | |
|---|---|
| Fuping Zhuang | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Debao County and parts of Jingxi County, Guangxi |
Kra–Dai
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
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.[1]
The Pyang refer to themselves as pjaːŋB2 or tʰoːC1-A,[2] but are referred to as ˀjujC1 by the surrounding Yang Zhuang people (Liao 2016:315).
Distribution[edit]
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 (ˀbaːn55 teː31 θin21 in Pyang Zhuang)
- Ronghua Township 荣华乡, Debao County, Guangxi
- Kuixu Township 魁圩乡, Jingxi County, Guangxi
Classification[edit]
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-[3] > 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[edit]
- ^ Pyang Zhuang (Fuping) Archived 2014-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ See Proto-Tai_language#Tones for an explanation of the tone codes.
- ^ (Pittayaporn 2009:143); *xr- in Li (1977:233)
- Liao Hanbo. 2016. Tonal development of Tai languages. M.A. dissertation. Chiang Mai: Payap University.