Pyang Zhuang, or Fuping Zhuang (), is an underdescribed Central Tai language spoken in southwestern Guangxi, China. It appears to be most closely related to Nong Zhuang. The Pyang refer to themselves as ''^B2'' or ''^C1-A'', but are referred to as ''^C1'' by the surrounding Yang Zhuang people (Liao 2016:315).

Distribution

Pyang Zhuang is spoken in the following locations of Guangxi, China (Liao 2016:315-316). *Fuping Village 扶平村, Jingde Town 敬德镇,

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, Guangxi **Tuoxin 驮信村 (' in Pyang Zhuang) *Ronghua Township 荣华乡,

, Guangxi *Kuixu Township 魁圩乡,

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, Guangxi

Classification

Pyang Zhuang may be closely related to the

Nong Zhuang language Nong Zhuang () is a Tai language spoken mainly in Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 milli ...

of Yunnan. Innovations shared between Pyang Zhuang and Nong Zhuang include the following (Liao 2016:316). *

Proto-Tai Proto-Tai is the reconstructed proto-language (common ancestor) of all the Tai languages, including modern Lao, Shan, Tai Lü, Tai Dam, Ahom, Northern Thai, Standard Thai, Bouyei, and Zhuang. The Proto-Tai language is not directly attest ...

*kr-(Pittayaporn 2009:143); *xr- in Li (1977:233) > tɕʰ- (as opposed to *kr- > kʰj- in Yang Zhuang, and *kr- > h- in

Southwestern Tai The Southwestern Tai, Southwestern Thai or Thai languages are a branch of the Tai languages of Southeast Asia. Its dialects include Siamese (Central Thai), Lanna, Lao, Shan and others. Classification The internal classification of the Southwe ...

). Examples include ''tɕʰaː^A1-A'' 'to seek' and ''tɕʰɔk^DS1-A'' 'six'. *''hɔk^DS1-A'' 'to do' is only found in Pyang Zhuang and Nong Zhuang (as opposed to ''hat^DS1-A'' 'to do' in Yang Zhuang, and ''het^DS1-A'' 'to do' in Zuojiang Zhuang and

Isan Northeast Thailand or Isan ( Isan/ th, อีสาน, ; lo, ອີສານ; also written as Isaan, Isarn, Issarn, Issan, Esan, or Esarn; from Pali ''īsānna'' or Sanskrit ईशान्य ''īśānya'' "northeast") consists of 20 provi ...

References

*Liao Hanbo. 2016. ''Tonal development of Tai languages''. M.A. dissertation. Chiang Mai: Payap University. Tai languages {{TaiKadai-lang-stub