Kuy language (also known as Kui, Soui or Kuay; Thai: ภาษากุย) (Khmer: ភាសាគួយ) is a Katuic language, part of the larger Austroasiatic family.
Kuy is one of the more important languages of the Mon–Khmer family. It is spoken in northeastern Thailand by about 300,000 people; in Salavanh, Savannakhet and Xekong provinces of Laos by about 64,000; and in Preah Vihear, Stung Treng and Kampong Thom provinces of northeastern Cambodia by 15,500 people.
Spelling variants and varieties include the following (Sidwell 2005:11).
- Kui
- Kuy
- Kuay
- Koay
- Souei. The term "Souei" is also applied to other groups, such as a Pearic community in Cambodia.
- Suai. The Kui are known among the Lao and Isan people as the /sùai/, which is an annual tribute or tax (such as forest products) that the Kui had to send to Bangkok every year.
- Soai
- Yeu
- Nanhang
[edit] Further reading
- Mann, N., & Markowski, L. (2004). A rapid appraisal survey of Kuy dialects spoken in Cambodia. Chiang Mai: Dept. of Linguistics, Graduate School, Payap University.
[edit] References
- Sidwell, Paul. (2005). The Katuic languages: classification, reconstruction and comparative lexicon. LINCOM studies in Asian linguistics, 58. Muenchen: Lincom Europa. ISBN 3895868027
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