Where does “vahmbanj” come from?

vahmbanj (Zhuang) comes from Zhuang vah, from Chinese 話.

vahmbanj (Zhuang): local dialect; vernacular usually referring to Zhuang

Definitions

  1. local dialect; vernacular usually referring to Zhuang

Ancestry of “vahmbanj”, step by step

vahmbanj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zhuang vah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangvahlanguage; speech; dialect
2Chinese話—

via Zhuang mbanj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zhuangmbanjvillage
2Proto-Tai*ɓaːnꟲ—
Every word from Chinese 話 →Every word from Zhuang vah →