Kuy
Austroasiatic (Katuic)
Sources consulted: Ethnologue (speaker counts, official status), Glottolog (classification, geographic distribution), Wikipedia (phonological inventory, endonym), SIL International (grammar sketch, phonology documents), Omniglot (numerals, writing systems), Gehrmann 2016 MA Thesis (West Katuic classification), Huffman Katuic Audio Archives (vocabulary transcriptions), Wiktionary Austroasiatic Swadesh lists, and Diffloth's work on Kuay vocabulary (etymologies). Geographic center: Preah Vihear P [Provisional - limited documentation; readings pending native-speaker verification.]
Where it is spoken
20 core words in Kuy
Water
ɗaːʔ
/ɗaʔ/
Fire
fəj
/fəj/
Sun
tʰaj
/tʰaj/
Moon
luəŋ
/luəŋ/
Mother
mə
/mə/
Father
pə
/pə/
Eat
sap
/sap/
Drink
suəm
/suəm/
Love
phɯ
/pʰɯ/
Heart
chlaj
/tʂlaj/
Tree
ʔəŋ
/ʔəŋ/
House
pno
/pno/
Dog
sŋaːʔ
/ŋaʔ/
Cat
chhlɔːk
/tʂɔk/
Hand
təy
/təj/
Eye
mɜ̤t
/mɜt/
Hello
sabaaj
/sabaːj/
Thank you
khɔp
/kʰɔp/
One
mṳːy
/muj/
Good
ɟɔ
/dʑɔ/
Words compared
Compared with related Austroasiatic (Katuic) languages
| Meaning | Kuy | Mon | Vietnamese (Chữ Nôm) | Mru | Situ rGyalrong | Northern Khmer | Middle Mongolian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | ɗaːʔ /ɗaʔ/ | ဍာ် /ɗaʔ/ | 渃 /nɨək/ | o /ɔ/ | tʃʰu /tʃʰu/ | ទឹក /tək/ | ဍာ် /ɗaːk/ |
| Fire | fəj /fəj/ | ပၟတ် /pəmɔʔ/ | 𤏬 /lɨə/ | mai wa /mɑɪ wɑ/ | mə /mə/ | ភ្លើង /pʰlɤːŋ/ | ပ်ၟ /pmaʔ/ |
| Sun | tʰaj /tʰaj/ | တ္ၚဲ /tŋoa/ | 𩈘𡗶 /mət tɤj/ | thum /θum/ | niʂ /niʂ/ | ថ្ងៃ /tŋai/ | တ္ၚဲ /tŋai/ |
| Moon | luəŋ /luəŋ/ | ဂိတု /kətoa/ | 𩈘𢁑 /mət taŋ/ | la /lə/ | zla /zlɑ/ | ខែ /kʰae/ | ဂျိုၚ် /klɔŋ/ |
| Mother | mə /mə/ | မိ /mi/ | 𡞕 /mɛ/ | au /əʔu/ | ma /mɑ/ | ម៉ែ /maɛ/ | ၚာ /ŋaː/ |
| Father | pə /pə/ | အပါ /ʔəpa/ | 𤙗 /ɓo/ | pa /pə/ | pə /pə/ | ប៉ា /paː/ | ဖ /pʰɛʔ/ |
| Eat | sap /sap/ | ဂစုက် /caʔ/ | 𫗒 /an/ | tsa /tsɑ/ | mə-za /mə.zɑ/ | ស៊ី /siː/ | စိ /tɕiʔ/ |
| Drink | suəm /suəm/ | သုၚ် /soŋ/ | 㕵 /uəŋ/ | kham /kʰɑm/ | nə-tɕʰə-n /nə.tɕʰə.n/ | ផឹក /pʰək/ | သုက် /sok/ |
| Love | phɯ /pʰɯ/ | ဆာန် /cʰan/ | 𢞅 /iəw/ | akiet /əkiɛt/ | nə-ŋɯ /nə.ŋɯ/ | ស្រឡាញ់ /sralaɲ/ | ဖျုန် /pʰyon/ |
| Heart | chlaj /tʂlaj/ | ဗ္ၜေံ /məɓɛm/ | 𢣐𢞂 /tɕaj tim/ | tsak /tsʰɑk/ | tʰoŋ /tʰɔŋ/ | ចិត្ត /tɕit/ | လုပ် /lup/ |
| Tree | ʔəŋ /ʔəŋ/ | ဆု /sɔ/ | 𣘃 /kəj/ | tshing /tsʰɪŋ/ | sin /sin/ | ដើមឈើ /daəm tʃʰəː/ | ဆု /tɕu/ |
| House | pno /pno/ | သ္ၚိ /hɔeʔ/ | 茹 /ɲaː/ | khim /kʲɪm/ | kʰoŋ /kʰɔŋ/ | ផ្ទះ /ptʰeah/ | သ္ၚိ /sŋiʔ/ |
| Dog | sŋaːʔ /ŋaʔ/ | ပ္ၟိၚ် /klɛŋ/ | 𤝞 /tɕɔ/ | takui /təkuɪ/ | kʰə /kʰə/ | ឆ្កែ /tʃʰkae/ | ခၠဵု /kʰlou/ |
| Cat | chhlɔːk /tʂɔk/ | ဗ္ဍိုၚ် /ɓɔŋ/ | 猫 /mɛw/ | tamin /təmɪn/ | tsa /tsʰɑ/ | ឆ្មា /tʃʰmaː/ | ဂျိ /kluj/ |
| Hand | təy /təj/ | တဲ /tɛ/ | 𡬶 /taj/ | bong /boŋ/ | laʂ /lɑʂ/ | ដៃ /daj/ | တၟုိ /toi/ |
| Eye | mɜ̤t /mɜt/ | မတ် /mɔʔ/ | 𥄫 /mak/ | mik /mɪk/ | miʂ /miʂ/ | ភ្នែក /pʰnɛːk/ | မတ် /mat/ |
| Hello | sabaaj /sabaːj/ | ပ္ဍဲဂေါဝ် /pɗɛ kaːo/ | 吀嘲 /sin tɕaːw/ | namaskaro /nɑməskɑro/ | ŋ̩ /ŋ̩/ | សួស្តី /suːəsdəj/ | — /—/ |
| Thank you | khɔp /kʰɔp/ | တၚ်ဂုဏ် /təŋ kɔn/ | 感恩 /kaːm əːn/ | dhanyabad /dʰənəbɑd/ | ʒo /ʒɔ/ | អរគុណ /ʔɔːkun/ | — /—/ |
| One | mṳːy /muj/ | မွဲ /mwoa/ | 𠬠 /mot/ | lok /ləkː/ | tʃʰiʂ /tʃʰiʂ/ | មួយ /muːj/ | မွဲ /mwɛ/ |
| Good | ɟɔ /dʑɔ/ | ခိုဟ် /kʰɔh/ | 卒 /tot/ | ayong /əjoŋ/ | tʰuŋ /tʰʊŋ/ | ល្អ /lʔɑː/ | ခိုဟ် /kʰɔh/ |
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