Yongbei Zhuang

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Yongbei Zhuang is a Zhuang variety including the dialects of Yongning North, Binyang, Hengxian, and Pingguo dialects. 'Yongbei' 邕北 is Chinese and here means North of the Yongjiang river; in other contexts it can stand for the north of Yongning County, or Yongning North.

Yongbei Zhuang
Geographic distribution of Yongbei Zhuang
Native toChina
Native speakers
2.0 million, including Wuming (2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3zyb
Glottologyong1276

As an areal group Yongbei includes Wuming dialect, the basis of Standard Zhuang. However, Wuming falls in the Yongnan-Wuming Zhuang comparative group.

References

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  1. ^ Yongbei Zhuang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)