Yoy is a Tai language of Thailand and Laos. The Yoy language is now in the critical endangered state due to a rapid language shift, which may eventually lead to complete language loss.[3]
Phonology
The phonology of Yoy, according to Phakkahn (2017).[3]
Yoy has two different phonemic vowel lengths. There are nine short vowels and nine long vowels. In the word-final open syllables, there is no contrast between short and long vowels, but in closed syllables and non-final open syllables, short and long vowels are distinctive.[3]
Tones
Yoy has five phonologically distinctive tones in non-checked syllables.[what are they?] Checked syllables in Yoy can carry only tone 1 (mid-leveled tone), tone 2 (high-rising tone), and tone 5 (low-falling creaky).[3]
Vocabulary
Numerals
English
Yoy
one
nɯŋ¹
two
sɔːŋ³
three
saːm³
four
siː⁵
five
haː⁵
six
hok²
seven
tɕet²
eight
pæːt⁵
nine
kaw¹
ten
sip²
hundred
hoːj⁴
thousand
pʰan²
Verbs
English
Yoy
to go
paj³
to open
pɤːt⁵
to dream
pʰan³
to fall
tok²
to wash (clothes)
top²
to die
taj³
to wait
tʰaː⁵
to bite
kat²
to ask
tʰaːm³
to think
kʰɯt⁴
to throw
kʰwæŋ⁵
to smell
dom³
to burn
ʔuːt⁵
to sit
mep⁵
to like
mak⁵
to smile
ɲiːm⁴
to want
ɲaːk⁵
to eat
kin²
to do
het¹
to teach
sɔːn³
to run
læn⁴
to play
lin⁵
Nouns
English
Yoy
eye
taː³
sun
ta¹ wen²
sky
tʰɔŋ⁴ pʰaː⁵
milk
tu²
skin
kʰiːŋ²
fire
pʰaj²
mountain
pʰu¹ kʰaw³
fish
paː³
wood
pæn⁴
tree
kok¹ maj¹
tooth
kʰæːw⁵
leg
kʰaː³
chin
kʰaːŋ²
egg
kʰaj²
people
kʰon²
rice
kʰaːw⁵
leaf
baɯʔ³
soil
din³
water
naːm⁴
cloud
mek¹
dog
maː³
bird
nok⁵
blood
lɯat¹
Adjectives
English
Yoy
far
kaj³
near, short (distance)
kaɯ⁴
old
kaw¹
new
maj⁵
good
diː³
fat
pʰiː²
beautiful
tɕop²
red
dæŋ³
black
dam³
white
kʰaːw⁵
soft
ʔon⁵
stupid
pɯk²
wet
ʔɯn³
dry
hæŋ⁵
big
ɲaɯ²
few
noj⁵
References
^Yoy at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Pittayaporn classified Yoy as Southwestern Tai, but does not provide supporting analysis.
