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]

"The language" redirects here. For other uses, see Language (disambiguation).
Oy
Native toLaos
EthnicityOy, Jeng, Sok, Sapuan
Native speakers
24,000 (2015 census)[2]
plus 8,000 Sok, Sapuan and Jeng (1981–2007)[3][4]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
oyb – Oy[5]
spu – Sapuan
Glottologoyyy1238  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
  1. "Mon-Khmer Classification (draft)". Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  2. Oy[1] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Sapuan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  3. Sok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  4. Jeng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  5. "Mon-Khmer Classification (draft)". Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  6. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Oy". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  7. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sapuan–Sok". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  8. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Jeng". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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