Ta'Oi (Ta'Oih, Ta Oi) is a
Katuic dialect chain
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of
Salavan and
Sekong
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provinces in
Laos
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, and in
Thừa Thiên-Huế province in
Vietnam
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(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
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,
Gerard Diffloth
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, and other linguists. It is not to be confused with the
Bru dialect of Katang.
Phonology
Consonants
* There are also creaky syllable-final segments /mʔ, nʔ, ŋʔ, wʔ, lʔ, jʔ/, however; they are not noted as a distinct series.
* /ɟ/ may also be heard as a preglottal sound
�j[Sidwell, Paul (2005). pp. 12-15]
Vowels
References
Further reading
*Sidwell, Paul (2005).
The Katuic languages: classification, reconstruction and comparative lexicon'. LINCOM studies in Asian linguistics, 58. Muenchen: Lincom Europa.
*Trần Nguyễn Khánh Phong. 2013. ''Người Tà Ôi ở A Lưới''. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản văn hóa thông tin.
*
*Gehrmann, Ryan. 2017
The Historical Phonology of Kriang, A Katuic Language JSEALS Volume 10.1 (2017).
Languages of Laos
Languages of Vietnam
Katuic languages
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