Zhuang languages

Zhuang
Vahcuengh ("Zhuang"), Hauqcuengh (Yongbei) Kauqnuangz (Nong), Kauqnoangz Hoedyaej (Guibian), Hauƽyəiч (Qiubei) Hauqraeuz, Gangjdoj (Yongbei, Nong, Qiubei) Kauqraeuz, Gangjtoj (Nong, Yang, Dai)
Native to	China
Ethnicity	Zhuang people
Native speakers	16 million, all Northern Zhuang languages (2007)[1]
Language family	Kra–Dai Kam–Tai Be–Tai ? Tai Northern Tai and Central Tai Zhuang
Standard forms	Standard Zhuang
Writing system	Zhuang, Old Zhuang, Sawndip, Sawgoek
Language codes
ISO 639-1	za
ISO 639-2	zha
ISO 639-3	zha – inclusive code Individual codes: zch – Central Hongshuihe Zhuang zhd – Dai Zhuang (Wenma) zeh – Eastern Hongshuihe Zhuang zgb – Guibei Zhuang zgn – Guibian Zhuang zln – Lianshan Zhuang zlj – Liujiang Zhuang zlq – Liuqian Zhuang zgm – Minz Zhuang zhn – Nong Zhuang (Yanguang) zqe – Qiubei Zhuang zyg – Yang Zhuang (Dejing) zyb – Yongbei Zhuang zyn – Yongnan Zhuang zyj – Youjiang Zhuang zzj – Zuojiang Zhuang
Glottolog	None daic1237  = Daic; Zhuang is not a valid group
Geographic location of Zhuang dialects in Guangxi and related languages in Northern Vietnam and Guizhou

The Zhuang languages (Vahcuengh,^[a] Sawndip: 話僮^[b]) are made of more than a dozen Tai languages spoken by the Zhuang people of Southern China in the province of Guangxi and neighbouring parts of Yunnan and Guangdong. Northern Zhuang languages form a dialect continuum with Northern Tai varieties across the border in Guizhou, which are designated as Bouyei, while Southern Zhuang languages form another dialect continuum with Central Tai varieties such as Nung, Tay and Caolan in Vietnam.^[2] Standard Zhuang is based on the Northern Zhuang dialect of Wuming.