ISO 639-3 · kdtkdt
Austroasiatic family
Kuy
Kuy is a language of the Katuic branch (Austroasiatic), spoken in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Wikidata counts about 488,900 speakers (2006). Wikidata describes it as “language of Southeast Asia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kdt- Glottocode
kuyy1240- Family
- Austroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 20 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kuy |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kuay, Kuy language |
| All speakers | 488,900 (2006) |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austroasiatic to Kuy
The branches above Kuy, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Cambodia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalthaThaiKra–Dai · 60.7 m1 · NationalnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigorouskhmKhmerAustroasiatic · 17.6 m1 · NationallaoLaoKra–Dai · 5.2 m1 · NationalcjaChamAustronesian · 400,000jraJaraiAustronesian · 262,8005 · DevelopingscqSa'ochAustroasiatic · 108b · Nearly ExtincttpuTampuanAustroasiatic6a · Vigorous