The Nyo language spoken at Kut Kho Kan village (Loeng Nok Tha district, Yasothon province): A Language Documentation Research at Roi Et Rajabhat University
คำสำคัญ:
Language documentation, Nyo language, Phu Thai language, Tonal patterns, Micro-linguistic areasบทคัดย่อ
The objective of this article is to document a Nyo variety spoken in Kut Kho Kan village (Khok Samran
subdistrict, Loeng Nok Tha district, Yasothon province), which has not been previously mentioned in the
linguistic literature about Nyo dialects in Northeast Thailand.
Among the Nyo speakers of Kut Kho Kan village who contributed to this research were two students
of Roi Et Rajabhat University, still aware of the use of a distinct dialect in their native place. They helped the
researcher reach Nyo speakers as well as speakers of other Tai dialects in a micro-linguistic area comprising
districts belonging to three provinces (Mukdahan, Yasothon, and Amnat Charoen) of Northeast Thailand,
where specific varieties of Tai languages (Southwestern branch) such as Phu Thai are also spoken. Further
studies should thus include the documentation of those varieties, especially those of Phu Thai.
Nyo as well as Phu Thai are language names as well as ethnonyms which can be found not only in
Thailand, but also in neighboring countries such as Laos and Vietnam.
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