Kuy language


Kuy, also known as Kui or Kuay, is a Katuic language, part of the larger Austroasiatic family spoken by the Kuy people of Southeast Asia.
Kuy is one of the Katuic languages within the Austroasiatic family. It is spoken in Isan, Thailand by about 300,000 people, in Salavan, Savannakhet and Sekong Provinces of Laos by about 64,000; and in Preah Vihear, Stung Treng and Kampong Thom Provinces of northern Cambodia by 15,500 people.

Names

Spelling variants and varieties include the following.
Van der haak & Woykos identified two major Kui varieties in Surin and Sisaket provinces of eastern Thailand, Kuuy and Kuay. Van der haak & Woykos also identified the following divergent Kui varieties in Sisaket Province, Thailand.
Mann & Markowski reported the following four Kuy dialects spoken in north-central Cambodia.
A variety of Kui/Kuy called Nyeu is spoken in the villages of Ban Phon Kho, Ban Khamin, Ban Nonkat, Ban Phon Palat, and Ban Prasat Nyeu in Sisaket Province, Thailand. The Nyeu of Ban Phon Kho claim that their ancestors had migrated from Muang Khong, Amphoe Rasisalai, Sisaket Province.
In Buriram Province, Kuy is spoken in the 4 districts of Nong Ki, Prakhon Chai, Lam Plai Mat, and Nong Hong. Within Nong Ki District, Kuy villages are located in the southern part of Yoei Prasat Subdistrict and in the western part of Mueang Phai Subdistrict.

Locations

The following list of Kuy village locations in Sisaket Province is from Van der haak & Woykos. Asterisks denote ethnically mixed villages, in which ethnic Kuy reside with ethnic Lao or Khmer.

Kui Nhə

All Kui Nthaw/M'ai live in mixed villages.