Chongzuo Tai languages

Chongzuo Tai
Chongzuo Zhuang
Geographic distribution	China, Vietnam
Linguistic classification	Tai–Kadai Tai Chongzuo Tai
Glottolog	None

Chongzuo Tai, also Chongzuo Zhuang, are a putative group of divergent Zhuang languages of southern China. Together with the Caolan language of Vietnam, they constitute a primary branch (branch 'C') of the Tai languages in the classification of Pittayaporn (2009):

Chongzuo Zhuang (Yongnan Zhuang of Chongzuo 崇左)
Shangsi Zhuang (Yongnan Zhuang of Shangsi 上思)
Caolan (Vietnam)

The two varieties of Zhuang are among 36 investigated by Zhang (1999). Although included as 'Yongnan Zhuang' by Ethnologue (2009), they are apparently unconnected to other Yongnan varieties, which Pittayaporn places in a different (Yongnan–Northern) branch of Tai.

References

Pittayaporn, Pittayawat. 2009. The Phonology of Proto-Tai. Ph.D. dissertation. Department of Linguistics, Cornell University.

Ong Be

Tai
(Zhuang)

(Proto-Tai)

Northern

Central

Southwestern
(Thai)

Northwestern	Shan Tai Ya Tai Nüa Tai Hongjin Khamti Tai Laing Tai Phake Tai Aiton Khamyang Ahom Turung
Lao–Phutai	Lao Phu Thai Isan Nyaw Lao Nyo Kaloeng
Chiang Saen	Thai (Siamese) Northern Thai Tai Daeng Tai Dón Tai Hang Tong Tai Lü Tai Dam Khun Phuan Thai Song Tày Tac
Southern	Southern Thai
(other)	Sapa Tai Muong Vat

(other)

Caolan

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