Zhuang people
壮族 Bouxcuengh | |
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Zhuang people in ethnic clothes, Guangnan, 2008 | |
| Total population | |
| 18 million | |
| Languages | |
| Zhuang languages, Cantonese, Mandarin, Pinghua | |
| Religion | |
| Mo (majority) Christianity, Buddhism, and Taoism (minority) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bouyei, Dai, Nùng, and Tày |
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| Simplified Chinese | 壮族 or 僮族 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 壯族 or 僮族 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhuàngzú | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 佈僮 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Bùzhuàng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Zhuang name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zhuang | Bouxcuengh (pronounced /pou˦˨ ɕueŋ˧/) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Zhuang (/ˈdʒwæŋ, ˈdʒwɒŋ/ ⓘ; Chinese: 壮族; pinyin: Zhuàngzú; Zhuang: Bouxcuengh, [poːu˦˨ ɕeŋ˧], Sawndip: 佈獞) are a Tai-speaking ethnic group who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China. Some also live in the Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou, and Hunan provinces. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. With the Bouyei, Nùng, Tày, and other Northern Tai speakers, they are sometimes known as the Rau or Rao people. Their population, estimated at 18 million people, makes them the largest minority in China.