Zhuang people

Tai-speaking ethnic group of Southern China

The Zhuang people (Chinese: ; pinyin: Zhuàngzú; Zhuang: Bouxcuengh) are a Kra-Dai speaking ethnic group who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. Some also live in the Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou and Hunan provinces. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. With the Buyi, TayNùng, and other northern Tai speakers, they are sometimes known as the Rau or Rao. Their population, estimated at 18 million people, makes them the largest minority in China.

Zhuang people
壮族
Bouxcuengh
Zhuang people in ethnic clothes, Guangnan, 2008
Total population
18 million
Regions with significant populations
 China (Particularly Guangxi)
Languages
Zhuang languages, Cantonese, Mandarin, Pinghua
Religion
Indigenous Zhuang Shigongism (Moism)
Minority Christianity, Buddhism and Taoism
Related ethnic groups
Buyei
Tày, Tai/Dai and Nung (Vietnam)
Zhuang people
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese or 僮族[1]
Hanyu PinyinZhuàngzú
Sawndip autonym
Chinese佈僮
Hanyu PinyinBùzhuàng
Thai name
Thaiจ้วง
RTGSChuang
Zhuang name
ZhuangBouxcuengh (pronounced /pou˦˨ ɕueŋ˧/)

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Citations

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  1. 常用國字標準字體筆順學習網. Stroke-order.learningweb.moe.edu.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

Sources

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A Senior City Police Officer Pursues His Roots In China, By Marvine Howe, New York Times, November 14, 1985.

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