How many dialects are there in Zhuang nationality?

Northern dialects of Zhuang language are distributed near and north of Tuoniang River, Youjiang River and Yongjiang River in Guangxi, and 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.

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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.

The southern dialect of Zhuang language is distributed in the south of Youjiang and Yongjiang 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.