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Name: Kuy
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Sui; Suai; Suay; Suoi; Soai; Suei; Cuoi; Kui Souei; Kui; Kuoy; Kuuy; Khamen-Boran; Kuay; Dui; Old Khmer; kui; Khamenboran; Souei; Kuoi
Spoken in: Laos, Cambodia, Thailand
Number of speakers: 400,000 in Thailand (2006 Mahidol). Few monolinguals. Population total all countries: 488,900 (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 366675 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: kdt
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Austro-Asiatic
Parent Subgroup: Kuay-Nheu; Kuoy; Cuoi; Kui; Khamen boran; Old Khmer (kunh)
Child Dialects: Nheu (kdt-nhe) Kuy Anthua (kdt-kua) Kuy Mlor (kdt-kul) Kuy May; Kuy Ma'ay; Mhai (kdt-kum) Kuy Antra (kdt-kun) Chang; Suai Chang (kdt-cha) Kuay (kdt-kuy)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Severely endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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