Nong Zhuang language
| Nong Zhuang | |
|---|---|
| Kauqnuangz, Kauqnoangz, Kauqraeuz | |
 Geographic distribution of Nong Zhuang | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Wenshan Prefecture |
Native speakers | 500,000 (2008)[1] |
Kra–Dai
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zhn |
| Glottolog | nong1247 |
Nong Zhuang (
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.