Bouyei language
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- Ethnologue, 1996(Bouyei (Buyi, Bui, Bo-i, Buyei, Buyui, Puyi, Pui, Pu-i, Pu-jui, Pujai, Puyoi, Dioi, Zhongjia) Daic, Tai, Northern; also Buyi, alt. for Buyu, Congo)
- Encyc. world cultures:v. 6, p. 422 (Bouyei: language belongs to Zhuang-Dong branch of Sino-Tibetan family)
- 90-86277: Gedney, W. Yay language, 1991:p. xvi (Yay often referred to as Nhang or Nyang; official name in Vietnamese is Giay)
- Intl. encyc. of ling., 1992:v. 4, p. 130 (Nhang, also called Nyang, Yay, Giai, Giang, Dioi)
- Ruhlen, M. Guide to world's lang., 1987:p. 337 (Nhang; also separate listings for Giay and Yay)
- Tai festschrift for William J. Gednay, 1975:p. 150 (Yay; identical with Giay language; related to, but not identical with Dioi)
- Voegelin lang.:pp. 195-196 (Lists Giay, Nhang, and Yay separately)
- Joshua Project Web site, Nov. 22, 2006(Language name: Bouyei. Alternate names: Giáy, Nyang, Buyi, Nhaang, Pu-I, Bo-I, Giang, Giai, Tujia, Chang Chá, Pú Nà, Niang, Bui, Pu-Jui, Chung-Chia, Shuihu, Cùi Chu, Dang, Trong Ggia, Chung Cha, Yay, Pujai, Buyei, Buyui, Pui, Puyi, Xa Chung Chá, Pau Thin, Dioi, Tu-Dìn, Yai, Bouyei, Puyoi, Sa, Bo-Y, Pu-Nam, Zhongjia. Countries: China. Family: Northern)
- Ethnologue Web site, Nov. 21, 2006(Bouyei, a language of China. Alternate names: Buyi, Bui, Bo-I, Buyei, Buyui, Puyi, Pui, Pu-I, Pu-Jui, Pujai, Puyoi, Dioi, Tujia, Shuihu, Zhongjia, Chung-Chia. Classification: Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Be-Tai, Tai-Sek, Tai, Northern. Also spoken in Viet Nam, language name: Giáy, alternate names: Bouyei, Bo-Y, Bo-I, Buyi, Pu-I, Puyi, Pui, Chang Chá, Trong Ggia, Tu-Dìn, Nhaang, Nyang, Niang, Yai, Yay, Giai, Giang, Dang, Dioi, Pau Thin, Pú Nà, Pu-Nam, Cùi Chu, Xa Chung Chá, Chung Cha, Sa)
- Antioch Missions - Chinese Church Support Ministries Web site, Dec. 11, 2006:about nationalities/others/Bouyei (The Bouyei are the tenth largest of China's minorities, numbering approximately three million people. In Vietnam, 38,000 members of the Giay minority and 1,420 in the Bo Y minority speak the same language as the Bouyei in China; Bouyei--which has eight tones--is a Northern Tai language, similar (and in some places identical) to Northern Zhuang)
Wikipedia description:
The Bouyei language (autonym: Haausqyaix, also spelled Buyi, Buyei or Puyi; Chinese: 布依语; pinyin: Bùyīyǔ; Vietnamese: tiếng Bố Y or tiếng Giáy) is a language spoken by the Bouyei ethnic group of Southern Guizhou Province, China. Classified as a member of the Northern Tai group in the Tai language branch of the Tai–Kadai language family, the language has over 2.5 million native speakers and is also used by the Giay people (Vietnamese: Giáy) in some parts of Vietnam. There are native speakers living in France and the United States as well, who emigrated from China or Vietnam. About 98% of the native speakers are in China. Bouyei's characteristics are similar to the other members of its language branch. It is generally monosyllabic and word order and particles are the main forms of grammar. Bouyei's syllable initials match up closely to the other Northern Tai languages, with relatively fast simplification and merging. Bouyei sentences can be shown to contain many different levels of phrasing. The contemporary Bouyei script was developed after the abandonment of the Bouyei-Zhuang Script Alliance Policy in 1981 and was designed from 1981 to 1985. It is focused and phonologically representative and takes the Wangmo County dialect as its foundation.
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