Oi language
Oi (Oy, Oey; also known as The, Thang Ong, Sok) is an Austroasiatic dialect cluster of Attapeu Province, southern Laos. The dominant variety is Oy proper, with 11,000 speakers who are 80% monolinguals. The Jeng (Cheng) speak the same language but are ethnically distinct (Sidwell 2003). Speakers follow traditional religions.[2]
| Oy | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Laos |
| Ethnicity | Oy, Jeng, Sok, Sapuan |
Native speakers | 24,000 (2015 census)[2] plus 8,000 Sok, Sapuan and Jeng (1981–2007)[3][4] |
Austroasiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:oyb – Oy[5]spu – Sapuan |
| Glottolog | oyyy1238 Oy[6]sapu1247 Sapuan–Sok[7]jeng1241 Jeng[8] |
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 Bolaven Plateau about 80 years ago, around the time of the Ong Kommandam Rebellion.
- Ban Mai, at the southern slope of the Bolaven Plateau
- Ban Champao, at the southern slope of the Bolaven Plateau
- Sepian forest, as far as the Khampo River
The Jeng live mostly along the banks of the Sekaman River, in and around Ban Fandeng (Phandɛŋ).
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References
- "Mon-Khmer Classification (draft)". Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- Oy[1] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Sapuan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - Sok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Jeng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- "Mon-Khmer Classification (draft)". Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Oy". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sapuan–Sok". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Jeng". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-9041-C@view Sapuar in RWAAI Digital Archive
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