Longsang Zhuang () is an underdescribed
Northern Tai
The Northern Tai languages are an established branch of the Tai languages of Southeast Asia. They include the northern Zhuang languages and Bouyei of China, Tai Mène of Laos and Yoy of Thailand.
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language spoken in Longsang Township 隆桑镇,
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 ...
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Guangxi, China.
Although its autonym and exonym are both ''
A1-G'',
[See Proto-Tai_language#Tones for an explanation of the tone codes.] it is completely distinct from
Yang Zhuang, a
Central Tai language (Liao 2016:377).
Distribution
Within Longsang Township 隆桑镇,
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 ...
,
Guangxi, China, Longsang Zhuang is spoken in the following villages (Liao 2016:377-382).
*Sanhe (三合屯; ' in Zhuang), Qiaotou Village (桥头村)
*Qiaonan (桥南屯 ''
C1 C1'' in Zhuang) village, Qiaotou Village (桥头村)
*Daji Village (大吉村)
*Longtan (龙坛屯; ' in Zhuang), Longtan Village (龙坛村)
*Longyuan (龙苑屯), Longtan Village (龙坛村)
References
Sources
*Liao Hanbo. 2016. ''Tonal development of Tai languages''. M.A. dissertation. Chiang Mai: Payap University.
Tai languages
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