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Ta’Oi language

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Native to
  
Laos, Vietnam

Native speakers
  
220,000 (1995–2005)

Ethnicity
  
Ta Oi, Katang

Glottolog
  
taoi1247

Language family
  
Austroasiatic Katuic Ta’Oi

ISO 639-3
  
Variously: tth – Upper Ta’Oi irr – Ir (Hantong) oog – Ong (= Ir) tto – Lower Ta’Oi ngt – Ngeq (Kriang) llo – Khlor (Lor) ncq – Northern Katang sct – Southern Katang

Ta’Oi (Ta’Oih, Ta Oi) is a Katuic dialect chain of Salavan and Sekong provinces in Laos, and in Thừa Thiên-Huế province in Vietnam (Sidwell 2005:12).

Varieties

Sidwell (2005) lists the following varieties of Ta’Oi, which is a name applied to speakers of various related dialects.

  • Ta’Oi proper
  • Ong/Ir/Talan
  • Chatong is spoken about 50 to 100 km northeast of Sekong. It has been recorded only by Theraphan L-Thongkum.
  • Kriang (Ngkriang, Ngeq) is spoken by up to 4,000 people living in villages between Tatheng and Sekong, such as Ban Chakamngai.
  • Kataang (Katang) is a dialect that has been documented by Michel Ferlus, Gerard Diffloth, and other linguists. It is not to be confused with the Bru dialect of Katang.

    • References

    Ta’Oi language Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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