Yoy
Yoy is a Tai-Kadai language spoken in Thailand and Laos. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Yoy is a Tai language of Thailand and Laos. The Yoy language is now in the critical endangered state due to a rapid language shift, which may eventually lead to complete language loss.
From Wikipedia · Yoy language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Yoy
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | hun* | |
| name | Su* | |
| eye | ta* | |
| ear | lu* | |
| nose | naN* | |
| tooth | hew* | |
| tongue | lin* | |
| hand | fuN* | |
| blood | lut* | |
| bone | nok* | |
| skin | naN* | |
| liver | tap* | |
| water | lam* | |
| fire | fi* | |
| star | nawni* | |
| stone | hin* | |
| tree | ko* | |
| leaf | mau* | |
| night | ham* | |
| dog | ma* | |
| fish | pya* | |
| louse | law* | |
| two | LoN* | |
| I | ku* | |
| you | muN* | |
| we | law* | |
| see | han* | |
| die | tay* | |
| come | ma* | |
| path | hon* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Central Hongshuihe ZhuangTai-Kadai62% alike
- Tai DamTai-Kadai61% alike
- ZhuangTai-Kadai61% alike
- Tày Sa PaTai-Kadai60% alike
- Guibei ZhuangTai-Kadai59% alike
- BouyeiTai-Kadai58% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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