Pyang Zhuang language
# Pyang Zhuang language

Pyang Zhuang, or Fuping Zhuang (Chinese: 扶平语), 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 $pjaːŋ^{B2}$ or $tʰoː^{C1-A},$ but are referred to as $ˀjuj^{C1}$ 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 扶平村, Jingde Town 敬德镇, Debao County, Guangxi
   * Tuoxin 驮信村 (ˀbaːn55 teː31 θin21 in Pyang Zhuang)
* Ronghua Township 荣华乡, Debao County, Guangxi
* Kuixu Township 魁圩乡, 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- > tɕʰ- (as opposed to *kr- > kʰj- in Yang Zhuang, and *kr- > h- in Southwestern Tai). Examples include $tɕʰaː^{A1-A}$ 'to seek' and $tɕʰɔk^{DS1-A}$ 'six'.
* $hɔk^{DS1-A}$ 'to do' is only found in Pyang Zhuang and Nong Zhuang (as opposed to $hat^{DS1-A}$ 'to do' in Yang Zhuang, and $het^{DS1-A}$ 'to do' in Zuojiang Zhuang and Isan).
