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Oi language

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Native to
  
Laos

Native speakers
  
16,000 (2000–2007) plus 1,600 Sok (1981)

Language family
  
Austroasiatic Bahnaric West Oy

ISO 639-3
  
Either: oyb – Oy spu – Sapuan

Glottolog
  
oyyy1238  (Oy) sapu1247  (Sapuan–Sok) jeng1241  (Jeng)

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.

Distribution

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

  • Ban Sok, 40 km north of Attapeu
  • Ban Lagnao, 10 km northwest of Attapeu
  • Ban Inthi, 25 km southwest of Attapeu; speakers claim to have migrated from the Boloven Plateau about 80 years ago, around the time of the Kommandam Rebellion.
  • Ban Mai, at the southern slope of the Boloven Plateau
  • Ban Champao, at the southern slope of the Boloven Plateau
  • Sepian forest, as far as the Khampo River

    • References

    Oi language Wikipedia
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