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Zhuang, Central Hongshuihe

A language of China

ISO 639-3zch

Population  1,080,000 (2007).
Region  Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, either side of central stretch of HSH River, including Du’an, Dahua, Mashan, north Shanglin and possibly other border areas such as east Pingguo.
Language map  Southern China, reference number 48
Classification  Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Be-Tai, Tai-Sek, Tai, Northern
A member of macrolanguage Zhuang [zha] (China).
Language use  All domains. Positive attitude.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CASTRO, Andy (康蔼德); HANSEN, Bruce (韩步思), authors; HUANG Dawu (黄达武), translator. 2010. "Hongshui He Zhuang dialect intelligibility survey = 红水河流域壮语方言通解度调查 ."  Available online

CASTRO, Andy; FINE, Cathryn, authors. 2009. "Representing tone in Levenshtein distance."

XIAOHANG, Qin, author. 1997. "Evolution of the initial consonant clusters ‘pl’, ‘kl’, ‘ml’ in the hongshuihe vernacular of Zhuang."  Available online