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 <sup>B2</sup> or <sup>C1-A</sup>, but are referred to as <sup>C1</sup> 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 æ¶平æÂÂ, Jingde Town æ¬德éÂÂ, Debao County, Guangxi
- Tuoxin 驮信æ (' in Pyang Zhuang)
- Ronghua Township è£åÂÂ乡, Debao County, Guangxi
- Kuixu Township éÂÂå©乡, Jingxi County, Guangxi
Classification
Pyang Zhuang may be closely related to the Nong Zhuang language of Yunnan. Innovations shared between Pyang Zhuang and Nong Zhuang include the following (Liao 2016:316).
- Proto-Tai *kr- > tÃÂð- (as opposed to *kr- > kðj- in Yang Zhuang, and *kr- > h- in Southwestern Tai). Examples include tÃÂðaÃÂ<sup>A1-A</sup> 'to seek' and tÃÂðÃÂk<sup>DS1-A</sup> 'six'.
- hÃÂk<sup>DS1-A</sup> 'to do' is only found in Pyang Zhuang and Nong Zhuang (as opposed to hat<sup>DS1-A</sup> 'to do' in Yang Zhuang, and het<sup>DS1-A</sup> 'to do' in Zuojiang Zhuang and Isan).
References
- Liao Hanbo. 2016. Tonal development of Tai languages. M.A. dissertation. Chiang Mai: Payap University.