Where is the standard Zhuang language in Guangxi?

Northern dialect of Zhuang language is one of the dialects of Zhuang language, which is distributed near and north of Tuoniang River, Youjiang River and Yongjiang River in Guangxi, Qiubei, Shizong, Funing and Guangnan (North) in Yunnan. Zhuang language in Lianshan, Huaiji and other places in Guangdong also belongs to the northern dialect. The user population accounts for more than 70% of the Zhuang population. Generally, there are about 30 initials, most of which have R sounds. Except for Lianshan dialect, there are generally no aspirated voiced consonants. Most vowels are between 70 and 80. Generally, there are six relaxing sounds and two promoting sounds, and there are few kinds of sounds. There is great consistency within dialects, and there is almost no difference in grammar among dialects. The recognition rate of national inherent vocabulary is about 85%. The pronunciation is slightly different, but the correspondence is neat.

Northern dialects are divided into seven dialect areas:

Northern Guangxi-Longsheng, Sanjiang, Rong 'an, Yongfu, Rongshui, Luocheng, Huanjiang, Hechi, Nandan, Tiane, Donglan and Bama in Guangxi.

Liujiang dialect area-Laibin, Liujiang, Yishan, Liucheng and Xincheng (North) in Guangxi.

Hongshuihe Dialect Area-Hexian County, Yangshuo, Lipu, Luzhai, Guiping, Guigang, Wuxuan, Xiangzhou, Laibin (Henan), Shanglin, Xincheng (South), Du 'an, Mashan, Lianshan and Jianghua, Hunan.

Tan northern dialect areas-Yongning (North), Hengxian, Binyang, Wuming and Pingguo in Guangxi.

Guangxi Youjiang Dialect Area-Tiandong, Tian Yang and Baise.

Guangxi border dialect areas-Fengshan, Tianlin, Longlin, Xilin, Lingyun and leye county in Guangxi, Funing and Guangnan (North) in Yunnan.

Qiubei dialect area-Qiubei and Shizong in Yunnan.

Southern dialect of Zhuang language is one of the dialects of Zhuang language. It is distributed in the south of Youjiang and Yongjiang rivers in Guangxi and Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province. Claiming to have dialects, Nong dialect, Dai language and so on. Because this dialect area is geographically bordered by Vietnam, it is linguistically related to foreign countries' corresponding Tho, Nong and Tay. There are aspirated unvoiced initials ph, th, phj, khj, khw and so on. Generally, there is no R sound category, and local reservation only appears in disyllabic numbers, and there are no J and V initials in most places. The vowels are simplified, and many places are divided into tones and some are merged. There is little difference between grammar and northern dialect, only some function words and prefixes and suffixes are different. There are few words in dialects, for example, the identical rate of proper words in Debao and Qinzhou Zhuang languages is only about 63%.

Southern dialects are divided into five dialect areas:

Guangxi Yongning (South), Longan, Fusui, Shangsi, Qinzhou and Fangcheng.

Zuojiang dialect area-Tiandeng, Daxin, Chongzuo, Ningming, Longzhou and Pingxiang in Guangxi. Jingxi, Debao and Napo in Guangxi.

Yan Guang dialect area-Guangnan (south), Yanshan, Maguan, Wenshan, Xichou and Malipo (north) in Yunnan.

Marvin dialect areas-Wenshan (south), Malipo (south), Maguan (east), Kaiyuan, Yuanyang and some counties in southeastern Yunnan.

Generally speaking, yujiang county, Youjiang and Yongjiang are the boundaries of two dialects. Each dialect is also divided into several small dialect areas, which are often different across a river. In some places, even a village has some characteristics different from neighboring villages.