Myang Zhuang is a
Central Tai
The Central Tai languages include southern dialects of Zhuang, and various Nung and Tày dialects of northern Vietnam.
Central Tai languages differ from Northern Tai languages in that Central Tai distinguishes unaspirated and aspirated onset ...
language spoken in Ronghua Township 荣华乡,
Debao County
Debao (, zhuang: ) is a county of western Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Baise City.
Economy
Bauxite mining is a major industry in Debao County. To facilitate the transportation of the ore, a 72-km single-track electrified ra ...
, Guangxi, China. Myang Zhuang speakers call themselves ' (A2 tone) and ' (C1-A tone), and refer to Yang Zhuang varieties as '
A2 instead of ''
A1-G'' (Liao 2016:311).
[See Proto-Tai_language#Tones for an explanation of the tone codes.]
Myang Zhuang is spoken only in Ronghua Township, in villages including Nalong (那陇屯 '
A2 '
B2 in Myang and
Yang Zhuang) in Nalong Village (那陇村) and Maomei Village ('
A1-A '
A1-G in Yang Zhuang) (Liao 2016:311-312).
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References
Sources
*Liao Hanbo. 2016. ''Tonal development of Tai languages''. M.A. dissertation. Chiang Mai: Payap University.
Tai languages
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