Min Zhuang language

Min Zhuang
Minz
Pronunciation [mìn]
Native to China
Region Funing County, Yunnan; southwestern Guangxi (?)
Native speakers
 170,000 (2004)[1]
Tai–Kadai
Language codes
ISO 639-3 zgm
Glottolog minz1236[2]

Min Zhuang is a recently described Tai language spoken in the Langheng (郎恒) area of Funing County, Yunnan, China, and possibly also southwestern Guangxi province. All speakers are reportedly bilingual in Yei Zhuang (also known as Guibian Zhuang or Sha), which is classified as Northern Tai (Johnson 2011a). The language was first described in 2011 by Eric C. Johnson of SIL International, although the language had been earlier mentioned in Kullavanijaya and L-Thongkum (1998).

Names

The Min Zhuang speakers of Guixun-Anhe call their language kaŋ˨min˨˦ or min˨˦sɔŋ˥˧. Another Min Zhuang dialect is called pu˨min˨˦ or kən˧min˨˦.

Classification

Johnson (2011b) reported Min Zhuang to share many features with Nong Zhuang, a Central Tai language. However, it is unintelligible with the more widely spoken Nong Zhuang, Yei Zhuang, and Dai Zhuang languages.

Distribution

Min Zhuang is spoken by about 2,600 people in 11 villages. With the exception of Shangmabu (上麻布), all of the following villages are purely made up of Min Zhuang speakers.

Johnson (2011b) reports that Min Zhuang is also likely to be spoken in southwestern Guangxi.

Notes

  1. ↑ Min Zhuang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Minz Zhuang". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=233288
  4. ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=223307
  5. ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=232022
  6. ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=232026
  7. ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=230831
  8. ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=230821
  9. ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=233020
  10. ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=268475
  11. ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=233019
  12. ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=230832

References

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