Oi language
Appearance
Oy | |
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Oi | |
Native to | Laos |
Native speakers | 16,000 (2000–2007)[2] plus 1,600 Sok (1981) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:oyb – Oy[1]skk – Sok (Sork)spu – Sapuanjeg – Cheng |
Glottolog | oyyy1238 Oysapu1247 Sapuan–Sokjeng1241 Jeng |
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.[2]
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]
- ^ a b Oy[1] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Sok (Sork) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Sapuan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Cheng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
External links
- 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.
- http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
- http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-903F-3@view Oi in RWAAI Digital Archive
- http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-903E-5@view The Oi in RWAAI Digital Archive
- http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-9040-E@view Cheng in RWAAI Digital Archive
- http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-9041-C@view Sapuar in RWAAI Digital Archive