Zuojiang Zhuang languages

Zuojiang Zhuang
Tho
Native toChina, Vietnam
RegionGuangxi, Yunnan, Lạng Sơn
Native speakers
(1.8 million cited 2000 censuses)
Kra–Dai
  • Tai
    • various
      • Zuojiang Zhuang
Language codes
ISO 639-3zzj
Glottologzuoj1238

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. Also known as Tho (a name shared with Tày and Cuoi of Vietnam).