Oy
Oy is an Austroasiatic language spoken in Laos.
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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.
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Words in Oy
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| eye | mat* | |
| ear | trapit* | |
| nose | muh* | |
| tooth | p3N* | |
| tongue | sapiat* | |
| hand | ti* | |
| blood | pham* | |
| bone | kr3d3N* | |
| skin | sruat* | |
| knee | trakaw* | |
| breast | toh* | |
| liver | kl3m* | |
| water | dak* | |
| fire | u5* | |
| sun | taNay* | |
| star | patuar* | |
| stone | tamo* | |
| mountain | bru* | |
| tree | loN* | |
| leaf | hla* | |
| night | maN* | |
| dog | To* | |
| fish | tr3* | |
| louse | Tay* | |
| one | muy* | |
| two | bar* | |
| I | aL* | |
| you | sa3* | |
| we | na* | |
| see | ta3* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · oyyy1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · oyb