Nong Zhuang () is a
Tai language spoken mainly in
Wenshan Prefecture,
Yunnan,
China
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. 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)
*
*Nongzu (侬族) or Nongren (侬人)
*Long (龙)
*Bu Tei
*Bendi ( 'indigenous')
Subdivisions
Johnson (2011a) gives the following subdivisions for the Nong Zhuang peoples.
*Dao Nong (道侬), or Nong Dau ('):
Guangnan County
*Niang Nong (仰侬), or Nong Nyeng ('); 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 ('): 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 Funing may refer to the following locations in China:
*Ningde, Fujian, formerly named Funing
* Funing County, Hebei (抚宁县)
*Funing County, Jiangsu (阜宁县)
*Funing County, Yunnan
Funing County (; Zhuang language: ) is located in Wenshan Z ...
(Xinghua 兴华, Banlun 板仑 and Guichao 皈朝 Townships)
*Jin Nong (锦侬), or Nong Jing ('); 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).
[You Weiqiong 伟琼 2013. ''Classifying ethnic groups of Yunnan'' 南民族识别研究 Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House 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.
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.
See also
*
Nung language (Tai) of Vietnam
References
* Johnson, Eric C. 2011a.
The Southern Zhuang Languages of Yunnan Province's Wenshan Prefecture from a Sociolinguistic Perspective"
orking 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.
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