Oi language
"The language" redirects here. For other uses, see Language (disambiguation).
| Oy | |
|---|---|
| Oi | |
| Native to | Laos |
Native speakers |
16,000 (2000–2007)[1] plus 1,600 Sok (1981) |
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Austroasiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Variously: oyb – Oy[3] skk – Sok (Sork) spu – Sapuan jeg – Cheng |
| Glottolog |
oyyy1238 (Oy)[4]sapu1247 (Sapuan–Sok)[5]jeng1241 (Jeng)[6] |
Oi (Oy, Oey; also known as The, Thang Ong, Sok) is a Mon–Khmer dialect cluster of Attapeu Province in southern Laos. The dominant variety is Oy proper, with 11,000 speakers who are 80% monolinguals. Speakers follow traditional religions.[1]
Distribution
Some locations where Oi is spoken in include (Sidwell 2003:26):
- Ban Sok, 40 km north of Attapeu
- Ban Lagnao, 10 km northwest of Attapeu
- Ban Inthi, 25 km southwest of Attapeu; speakers claim to have migrated from the Boloven Plateau about 80 years ago, around the time of the Kommandam Rebellion.
- Ban Mai, at the southern slope of the Boloven Plateau
- Ban Champao, at the southern slope of the Boloven Plateau
- Sepian forest, as far as the Khampo River
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oy[2] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Sok (Sork) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Sapuan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Cheng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑
- ↑
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Oy". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Sapuan–Sok". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Jeng". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- Sidwell, Paul (2003). A Handbook of comparative Bahnaric, Vol. 1: West Bahnaric. Pacific Linguistics, 551. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.
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