Kuy

Austroasiatic (Katuic)

FamilyAustroasiatic (Katuic) Speakersapproximately 450,000-500,000 (2005-2006): ~300,000 in Thailand, ~64,000 in Laos, ~15,500 ScriptNo traditional native script. The language is written using Thai alpha Official inNo official status; Kuy is used in some schools in Cambodia but has no official recognition in Thailand or Laos. The dominant offi

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/

Father

/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 KuyMonVietnamese (Chữ Nôm)MruSitu rGyalrongNorthern KhmerMiddle Mongolian
Water ɗaːʔ /ɗaʔ/ ဍာ် /ɗaʔ/ /nɨək/ o /ɔ/ tʃʰu /tʃʰu/ ទឹក /tək/ ဍာ် /ɗaːk/
Fire fəj /fəj/ ပၟတ် /pəmɔʔ/ 𤏬 /lɨə/ mai wa /mɑɪ wɑ/ /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/ မိ /mi/ 𡞕 /mɛ/ au /əʔu/ ma /mɑ/ ម៉ែ /maɛ/ ၚာ /ŋaː/
Father /pə/ အပါ /ʔəpa/ 𤙗 /ɓo/ pa /pə/ /pə/ ប៉ា /paː/ /pʰɛʔ/
Eat sap /sap/ ဂစုက် /caʔ/ 𫗒 /an/ tsa /tsɑ/ mə-za /mə.zɑ/ ស៊ី /siː/ စိ /tɕiʔ/
Drink suəm /suəm/ သုၚ် /soŋ/ /uəŋ/ kham /kʰɑm/ nə-tɕʰə-n /nə.tɕʰə.n/ ផឹក /pʰək/ သုက် /sok/
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