Zhuang people

Zhuang people
Zhuang people
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	壮族 or 僮族
Traditional Chinese	壯族 or 僮族
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhuàngzú
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhuàngzú
Bopomofo	ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄗㄨˊ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Juanqtzwu
Wade–Giles	Chuang4-tsu2
Yale Romanization	Jwàngdzú
IPA	[ʈʂwâŋ.tsǔ]
Wu
Romanization	zaon zoh
Hakka
Romanization	Tsong-tshu̍k
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Chàng-cho̍k
Teochew Peng'im	Tsàng-tsôk
Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUC	Cáung-cŭk
Sawndip autonym
Chinese	佈僮
Hanyu Pinyin	Bùzhuàng
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Bùzhuàng
IPA	[pû.ʈʂwâŋ]
Zhuang name
Zhuang	Bouxcuengh (pronounced /pou˦˨ ɕueŋ˧/)

Zhuang people
壮族; Bouxcuengh
	Zhuang people in ethnic clothes, Guangnan, 2008
Total population
	18 million
Regions with significant populations
	China (primarily Guangxi)
Languages
	Zhuang languages, Cantonese, Mandarin, Pinghua
Religion
	Mo (majority); Christianity, Buddhism, and Taoism (minority)
Related ethnic groups
	Bouyei, Dai, Nùng, and Tày

The Zhuang (/ˈdʒwæŋ, ˈdʒwɒŋ/;^[2] Chinese: 壮族; pinyin: Zhuàngzú; Zhuang: Bouxcuengh [poːu˦˨ ɕeŋ˧]; Sawndip: 佈獞) are a Tai-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 Bouyei, Nùng, Tày, and other Northern Tai speakers, they are sometimes known as the Rau or Rao people. Their population, estimated at 18 million people, makes them the largest minority in China.

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