Langenesis

Kra-Dai family

Zhuang

c. 1000 CE – today Living

Zhuang (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Kra-Dai language. Lineage: Proto-Kra-Dai → Proto-Tai → Zhuang.

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Speakers
16M (16,000,000)
ISO 639-3
zha

Northern and Central Tai varieties of Guangxi, China — together the largest minority language of China. Not a single language linguistically; standard Zhuang is based on the Wuming dialect.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Kra-Daic. 2,000 BCE – 500 BCE
  2. Proto-Taic. 0 CE – 800 CE
  3. Zhuangc. 1000 CE – today

Sister languages 4

Also descended from Proto-Tai.

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