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Zhuang

any of various Tai languages used by the Zhuang people
Intangible natural_language Q13216
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Summary

Zhuang is a natural language[1]. Zhuang draws 1,852 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #151 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: People's Republic of China[3]
  • Instance of: macrolanguage[4], modern language[5]
  • Subclass of: Tai[6]
  • Writing system: Latin script[7], Sawndip[8]
  • Commons category: Zhuang writing[9]
  • Wikimedia language code: za[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Zhuang languages[11]
  • Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 16,000,000[12]
  • Native label: Vahcuengh[13]
  • Different from: Standard Zhuang[14]
  • UNESCO language status: 5 critically endangered[15]
  • Studied by: Zhuang studies[16]

Why It Matters

Zhuang has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Zhuang is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Latvia People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Zhuang languages
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 23, 'lon': 108}
    Writing system → Latin script, Sawndip
    Different from → Standard Zhuang
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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