Oi (''Oy, Oey''; also known as The, Thang Ong, Sok) is an
Austroasiatic
The Austroasiatic languages , , are a large language family in Mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia. These languages are scattered throughout parts of Thailand, Laos, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Nepal, and southern China and are th ...
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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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 Bolaven Plateau
The Bolaven Plateau is an elevated region in southern Laos. Most of the plateau is located within Champasak Province of Laos, though the edges of the plateau are also located in Salavan, Sekong and Attapeu Provinces. It is located between ...
about 80 years ago, around the time of the Ong Kommandam Rebellion.
*Ban Mai, at the southern slope of the Bolaven Plateau
*Ban Champao, at the southern slope of the Bolaven Plateau
*Sepian forest, as far as the Khampo River
The Jeng live mostly along the banks of the Sekaman River, in and around Ban Fandeng (Phandɛŋ).
References
External links
*Sidwell, Paul (2003).
A Handbook of comparative Bahnaric, Vol. 1: West Bahnaric
'. Pacific Linguistics, 551. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.
*http://projekt.ht.lu.se/rwaai RWAAI (Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage)
* http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-903F-3@view Oi in RWAAI Digital Archive
* http://hdl.handle.net/10050/00-0000-0000-0003-9041-C@view Sapuar in RWAAI Digital Archive
Bahnaric languages
Languages of Laos
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