Zuojiang Zhuang
Zuojiang Zhuang is a Tai-Kadai language spoken in China and Vietnam.
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Zuojiang Zhuang (Chinese: 左江壮语; pinyin: Zuǒjiāng Zhuàngyǔ) is a dialect-bund in Zhuang languages spoken along the Zuo River, including the counties of Tiandeng, Daxin, Chongzuo, Ningming, Longzhou, and Pingxiang in Guangxi, some villages in Funing in Yunnan, and Vietnam, and is a putative branch of Tai languages of China and Vietnam. It is also known as Thổ (a name shared with Tày and Cuoi of Vietnam).
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Words in Zuojiang Zhuang
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | k3n* | |
| name | miNci* | |
| eye | makha* | |
| ear | pihu* | |
| nose | makdaN* | |
| tooth | kheu* | |
| tongue | lin7* | |
| hand | m3* | |
| blood | l3t* | |
| bone | duk* | |
| skin | naN* | |
| knee | paukhau* | |
| breast | num* | |
| liver | tap* | |
| water | nam7* | |
| fire | fai* | |
| sun | havan* | |
| star | daudi* | |
| stone | hin* | |
| mountain | phya* | |
| tree | mai7* | |
| leaf | ba3* | |
| night | taNkam* | |
| dog | ma* | |
| fish | pya* | |
| louse | min* | |
| one | n3N* | |
| two | LoN* | |
| I | No* | |
| you | ni* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Yang ZhuangTai-Kadai60% alike
- Yongnan ZhuangTai-Kadai55% alike
- Nung (Viet Nam)Tai-Kadai55% alike
- Dai ZhuangTai-Kadai48% alike
- ThaiTai-Kadai42% alike
- Tai YaTai-Kadai42% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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