Tai-Kadai · ISO 639-3 zha · za
Zhuang Language Vahcuengh
Zhuang is a Tai-Kadai language spoken by about 16 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin and Han scripts.
Where Zhuang is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Zhuang
Language family
- Tai-Kadai
- Kam-Tai
- Daic-Beic
- Zhuang
Writing system
Latin and Han scripts
Related languages
About the Zhuang language
Zhuang (Vahcuengh) is spoken by about 16 million people. It belongs to the Tai-Kadai language family and, more precisely, to the Daic-Beic group within the Daic-Beic branch.
Where is Zhuang spoken?
Zhuang is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in China (4.4 million).
Zhuang is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in China.
Writing system and status
Zhuang is written in the Latin and Han scripts.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Thai, Northeastern Thai, Northern Thai, Southern Thai, Lao, Shan and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-1 za, ISO 639-3 zha.
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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.