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Zhuang, Dai

A language of China

ISO 639-3: zhd

Population	120,000 in China (2007). About 50% monolingual. Population total all countries: 120,200.
Region	Southeast Yunnan Province, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Wenshan County, Matang, Dehou, Laohuilong, Panzhihua, and Kaihua townships; Yanshan County, Pingyuan Township; Guangnan County, Zhulin Township; Maguan, and Malipo (western edge) counties. Also in Viet Nam.
Language map	Southwestern China
Alternate names	Bu Dai, Kau Ndae, Khaau Daai, Thu Lao, Tu, Tuliao, Tuzu, Wen-Ma Southern Zhuang
Dialects	Most similar language is Nong Zhuang [zhn]. Quite different from most other Southern Zhuang (Central Tai). Lexical similarity: 70% among Nong, Yang [zyg], Yongnan [zyn], Zuojiang [zzj], and Dai [zhd], 65% with Yongbei Zhuang [zyb].
Classification	Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Be-Tai, Tai-Sek, Tai, Central A member of macrolanguage Zhuang [zha] (China).
Language use	Vigorous in rural areas. Home. All ages in rural areas wherever L1 is dominant, but only the elders in ethnically mixed areas. Also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn].
Comments	Classified as Zhuang nationality. Also known in Chinese as Zhuangyu Nanbu Fangyan Wen-Ma Tuyu, the Wen-Ma vernacular of the southern dialect of Zhuang. Agriculturalists: rice; animal husbandry. Traditional religion, Daoist.

Also spoken in:

Viet Nam

Language name	Zhuang, Dai
Population	200 in Viet Nam (2007). About 50% are monolingual.
Region	Lao Cai Province, Muong Khuong District.
Alternate names	Thu Lao, Tu, Tuliao, Tuzu, Wen-Ma Southern Zhuang
Comments	Agriculturalists; animal husbandry. Traditional religion, Daoist.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CASTRO, Andrew; JOHNSON, Eric C., researchers. 2011. zhd Dai Zhuang Maguan Nanlao Laochang wordlist 2005.

JOHNSON, Eric (江子扬); WANG Mingfu (王明富), authors. 2008. Zhuang cultural and linguistic heritage = 云南省文山壮族苗族自治州壮族文化遗产及壮语研究 .  

JOHNSON, Eric C., author. 2011. "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."  

JOHNSON, Eric C., author. 2011. The Southern Zhuang Languages of Yunnan Province’s Wenshan Prefecture from a Sociolinguistic Perspective.  

JOHNSON, Eric C., author. 2011. A Brief Overview of the Tone Systems of the Zhuang and Dai Languages of Maguan County, Yunnan, China.  

JOHNSON, Eric C., researcher. 2011. zhd Dai Zhuang Guangnan Zhulin Songshupo Sept 2006.

JOHNSON, Eric C., researcher. 2011. zhd Dai Zhuang Wenshan Dehou Xiaominghu wordlist Nov 2005.

JOHNSON, Eric C., researcher. 2011. zhd Dai Zhuang Wenshan Kaihua Shuichezhai Niutouzhai wordlist Dec 2005.

JOHNSON, Eric, author. 2010. "A sociolinguistic introduction to the Central Taic languages of Wenshan Prefecture, China."  

THERAPHAN L.-Thongkum, author. 1997. "Implications of the retention of proto-voiced plosives and fricatives in the Dai Tho language of Yunnan Province for a theory of tonal development and Tai language classification."