Zhuang - Chuanggo (English spelling)

Japanese: チワン語 - チワンご(英語表記)Chuang
Zhuang - Chuanggo (English spelling)
One of the Tai languages, spoken by the Zhuang people in southwestern China. Also called Chuan. It has a population of about 7.7 million speakers, most of whom live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Along with Buyi in Guizhou Province and Li on Hainan Island, it forms the Northern Group of Tai languages. Phonological characteristics include (1) a lack of aspirated sounds (although preserved in parts of Southern Zhuang), (2) a distinction between velar fricatives and plosives in Proto-Tai, and (3) the preservation of the voiceless r of the Proto-Tai language. Chinese influence can be seen in grammar and vocabulary.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
タイ諸語の一つで中国西南部に分布するチワン(壮)族の言語。チュアン語ともいう。使用人口約770万,大部分は広西チワン族自治区に住む。貴州省のプイ(布依)語,海南島のリー(黎)語とともにタイ諸語の北群を形成する。音韻の特徴として,(1)有気音を欠く(ただし南チワンの一部で保存),(2)タイ祖語の軟口蓋摩擦音と破裂音を区別する,(3)祖語の無声のrを保存することなどがあげられる。文法と単語の面では中国語の影響がみられる。

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