Kuy
Kuy is an Austroasiatic language spoken in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, by about 488.9 thousand people. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Kuy, also known as Kui, Suay 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.
From Wikipedia · Kuy language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Kuy
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | kuy* | |
| name | m3h* | |
| eye | mat* | |
| ear | k3tor* | |
| nose | muh* | |
| tooth | k3nE5* | |
| tongue | nta7* | |
| hand | te* | |
| blood | 3ham* | |
| bone | NhaN* | |
| skin | s3bE7* | |
| knee | t3kol* | |
| breast | toh* | |
| liver | luam* | |
| water | diaʔ | |
| fire | uh* | |
| sun | m3niaN* | |
| star | ntor* | |
| stone | t3maw* | |
| mountain | bru* | |
| tree | kal* | |
| leaf | sla* | |
| night | s3daw* | |
| dog | Ta* | |
| fish | ka* | |
| louse | nTE* | |
| one | muy* | |
| two | bia* | |
| I | hay* | |
| you | may* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- NyeuAustroasiatic60% alike
- Eastern BruAustroasiatic56% alike
- Western BruAustroasiatic55% alike
- Southern KatangAustroasiatic48% alike
- Northern KatangAustroasiatic46% alike
- Kriang-KhlorAustroasiatic43% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · kuyy1240 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kdt