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ISO 639-3 · pccpcc
Kra–Dai family

Bouyei

Bouyei is a language of the Northern Tai branch (Kra–Dai), spoken in China and Vietnam. Wikidata counts about 2 m speakers.

6a · VigorousLatn2 m
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
pcc
Glottocode
bouy1240
Family
Kra–Dai
Wikipedia
23 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameBouyei
Also calledBouyei language
All speakers2,000,000
Written inLatin script

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Kra–Dai to Bouyei

The branches above Bouyei, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

58Kra–Daifamily39Kam–Taibranch32Taibranch6Northern TaibranchpccBouyeilanguage
where it is spoken

Map and countries

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where Bouyei is spoken
Map: Mendduets · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
China247 languages in the indexVietnam84 languages in the index

Also spoken in China

zhoChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.30 bncmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 mporPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafewuuWu ChineseSino-Tibetan · 80.7 m5 · DevelopingvieVietnameseAustroasiatic · 76 m1 · NationalkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalyueYue ChineseSino-Tibetan · 62.2 m2 · ProvincialnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · Vigorous