Tai-Kadai · ISO 639-3 pcc
Bouyei Language Haausqyaix
Bouyei is a Tai-Kadai language spoken by about 2.6 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Bouyei is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Bouyei
Language family
- Tai-Kadai
- Kam-Tai
- Daic-Beic
- Daic
- Northern Daic-Sek
- Northern Daic
- Northern Tai
- Bouyei
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Bouyei language
Bouyei (Haausqyaix) is spoken by about 2.6 million people, which makes it the 272nd most spoken language in the world — just behind Kedah Malay (2.6 million) and ahead of Sasak (2.6 million). It belongs to the Tai-Kadai language family and, more precisely, to the Northern Tai group within the Daic-Beic branch.
Where is Bouyei spoken?
Bouyei is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in China (2.6 million).
Bouyei is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Bouyei is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Eastern Hongshuihe Zhuang, Guibian Zhuang, Yongbei Zhuang, Thai, Northeastern Thai, Northern Thai and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 pcc.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.