Kuy language

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"Kuy" redirects here. For places in Iran, see Kuy, Iran. For the stream in Texas, see Kuy Creek.
Kuy
Cuoi
Native to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia
Native speakers
 ca. 450,000 (2005–2006)[1]
Austroasiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
kdt – Kuy (Kuay)
nyl – Nyeu (Yoe)
Glottolog kuys1235[2]

Kuy, also known as Kui, Soui or Kuay (Thai: ภาษากูย; Khmer: ភាសាកួយ), is a Katuic language, part of the larger Austroasiatic family spoken by the Kuy people of Southeast Asia.

Kuy is one of the Katuic languages within the Austroasiatic family. It is spoken in Isan, Thailand by about 300,000 people, in Salavan, Savannakhet and Sekong Provinces of Laos by about 64,000; and in Preah Vihear, Stung Treng and Kampong Thom Provinces of northern Cambodia by 15,500 people.

Names

Spelling variants and varieties include the following (Sidwell 2005:11).

  • Kui
  • Kuy
  • Kuay
  • Koay
  • Souei. The term "Souei" is also applied to other groups, such as a Pearic community in Cambodia.
  • Soai
  • Yeu
  • Nanhang
  • Kouy. A textbook in French is published for this variant (Parlons Kouy).

Dialects

Van der haak & Woykos (1987-1988) identified two major Kui varieties in Surin and Sisaket provinces of eastern Thailand, Kuuy and Kuay. Van der haak & Woykos also identified the following divergent Kui varieties in Sisaket Province, Thailand.[3]

Mann & Markowski (2005) reported the following four Kuy dialects spoken in north-central Cambodia.

A variety of Suai (Kui) called Nyeu (ɲə) is spoken in the villages of Ban Phon Kho, Ban Khamin, Ban Nonkat, Ban Phon Palat, and Ban Prasat Nyeu in Sisaket Province, Thailand.[4] The Nyeu of Ban Phon Kho claim that their ancestors had migrated from Muang Khong, Amphoe Rasisalai, Sisaket Province.

Locations

The following list of Kuy village locations in Sisaket Province is from Van der haak & Woykos (1987-1988:129). Asterisks (placed before village names) denote ethnically mixed villages, in which ethnic Kuy reside with ethnic Lao or Khmer.

Kui Nhə

  • Mueang District เมือง
    • Tambon Phonkho โพนค้อ: Phonkho โพนค้อ, Nong, Yanang, Klang, Non
    • Tambon Thum ทุ่ม: Khamin
  • Phayu District พยุห์
    • Tambon Phayu พยุห์: *Nongthum
    • Tambon Phromsawat พรหมสวัสดิ์: Samrong, Khothaw
    • Tambon Nongphek โนนเพ็ก: *Khokphek โคกเพ็ก
  • Phraibung District ไพรบึง
    • Tambon Prasatyae ปราสาทเยอ: Prasatyaenua ปราสาทเยอเหนือ, Prasatyaetai ปราสาทเยอใต้, Khawaw, Phonpalat, Cangun
  • Rasisalai District ราษีไศล
    • Tambon Mueangkhong เมืองคง: Yai ใหญ่
  • Sila Lat District ศิลาลาด
    • Tambon Kung กุง: Kung กุง, Muangkaw เมืองเก่า, *Chok

Kui Nthaw/M'ai

All Kui Nthaw/M'ai live in mixed villages.

  • Rasisalai District ราษีไศล
    • Tambon Nong Ing หนองอึ่ง: *Tongton, *Huai Yai ห้วยใหญ่, *Dnmuang, *Kokeow, *Hang
  • Uthumphornphisai District อุทุมพรพิสัย
    • Tambon Khaem แขม: *Phanong, *Sangthong, *Sawai, *Nongphae, *Phae
  • Pho Si Suwan District โพธิ์ศรีสุวรรณ
    • Tambon Naengma หนองม้า: *Nongma หนองม้า, *Songhong, *Songleng, *Nongphae

Kui Prɯːjai

  • Khukhan District ขุขันธ์
    • Tambon Prueyai ปรือใหญ่: Prɯːjai Tabo, Makham, Prjkhan, and village no.12

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Kuy (Kuay) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Nyeu (Yoe) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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  3. ↑ Van der haak, F. and Woykos, B. (1987-1988). "Kui dialect survey in Surin and Sisaket", in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, vol. 16-17, pp. 109–142. http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf8/vanderhaak1987-1988kui.pdf
  4. ↑ Taweeporn Suwannaraj. 1980. The phonology of the Nyeu language. MA thesis, Mahidol University.

References

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