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Oy
Oi
Native toLaos
Native speakers
16,000 (2000–2007)[2]
plus 1,600 Sok (1981)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
oyb – Oy[1]
skk – Sok (Sork)
spu – Sapuan
jeg – Cheng
Glottologoyyy1238  Oy
sapu1247  Sapuan–Sok
jeng1241  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. ^ "Mon-Khmer Classification (draft)". Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  2. ^ 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)


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