Nong Zhuang language

Nong Zhuang is a Tai language spoken mainly in Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan, China. In Wenshan Prefecture, it is spoken in Yanshan, Guangnan, Wenshan, Maguan, Funing, Xichou, and Malipo counties, and also in Honghe Prefecture and Vietnam. The heaviest concentrations relative to other Zhuang groups are in Xichou and Malipo counties.

Names

Below are various names for the Nong Zhuang people.

Johnson gives the following subdivisions for the Nong Zhuang peoples.

Dao Nong , or Nong Dau : Guangnan County
Niang Nong , or Nong Nyeng ; also called the "Green Nong" : along the Chouyang River in Xichou and Malipo counties.
Du Nong , or Nong Du : along the Duzhou River in Maguan County.
Ting Nong : along the Puting River in central Funing County
Jin Nong , or Nong Jing ; also called the "Upper Nong" : northeastern Wenshan County and Yanshan County.

A variety of Nong Zhuang known as Ao 傲 is spoken by 58 people in Banlun 板仑, Funing County.
Pyang Zhuang, a Central Tai language variety closely related to Nong Zhuang, is spoken in Fuping Township 扶平乡, Debao County, Guangxi.