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 (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
[edit]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
[edit]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
Pyang Zhuang (or Fuping Zhuang 扶平
See also
[edit]- Nung language (Tai) of Vietnam
References
[edit]- ^ 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.