Zhuang languages

Zhuang is the name given to two Tai languages spoken in southern China and Vietnam. The two languages are Northern Zhuang and Southern Zhuang. The Chinese government recognises the Northern language as standard Zhuang and it is taught in schools alongside Mandarin.

It was alphabetised into the cyrillic alphabet in the 1950s and then into the latin alphabet in 1986.

Northern Zhuang is a tone language. It has six tones in open syllables and two in closed syllables.

Zhuang has 18,000,000 speakers.

Numbers in Northern Zuang

1. x12b;t, děw
2. sǒng, ngey
3. sǎm
4. séy
5. hā, ngù
6. rèk, gok
7. cāt
8. pét
9. kōw
10. cip

See also: Zhuang people, Languages of China