Oi language

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Oy
Oi
Native to Laos
Native speakers
16,000 (2000–2007)[1]
plus 1,600 Sok (1981)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
oyb  Oy[3]
skk  Sok (Sork)
spu  Sapuan
jeg  Cheng
Glottolog oyyy1238  (Oy)[4]
sapu1247  (Sapuan–Sok)[5]
jeng1241  (Jeng)[6]

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.[1]

Distribution

Some locations where Oi is spoken in include (Sidwell 2003:26):

References

  1. 1 2 Oy[2] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Sok (Sork) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Sapuan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Cheng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Oy". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Sapuan–Sok". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  4. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Jeng". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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