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Kuy people

The Kuy (Khmer: កួយ, Thai: กูย) are an indigenous ethnic group of mainland Southeast Asia. The native lands of the Kuy range from the southern Khorat Plateau in northeast Thailand east to the banks of the Mekong River in southern Laos and south to north central Cambodia.[4] The Kuy are an ethnic minority in all three countries, where they live as "hill tribes" or Montagnards. Their language is classified as a Katuic language of the Mon-Khmer language family and, as such, is related to the Khmer language of Cambodia. The Thais, Lao, and Khmer traditionally recognize the Kuy as the aboriginal inhabitants of the region and refer to them as Khmer boran (Khmer), meaning "ancient Khmer" or Khamen pa dong (Thai: เขมรป่าดง; RTGSKhamen pa dong, "jungle Khmer people"). The word kuy in the Kuy language means "people" or "human being"; alternate English spellings include Kui, Kuoy and Kuay, while forms similar to "Suay" or "Suei" are derived from the Thai/Lao exonyms meaning "those who pay tribute".[5] The Kuy are known as skilled mahouts, or elephant trainers, and many Kuy villages are employed in finding, taming, and selling elephants.[6]

Kuy
Nhean Vorng, a Kuy from Cambodia
Total population
> 500,000 (est.)
Regions with significant populations
Thailand, Cambodia, Laos
Thailand400,000 (2006)[1]
Cambodia70,302 (2019)[2]
Laos42,800 (2005)[3]
Languages
Kuy, others
Religion
Animism (or Satsana Phi), Theravada Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Bru, Ta Oi, Khmer

Geographic distribution

The Kuy are found in a region of mainland Southeast Asia roughly between the Dangrek Mountains and the Mun River, straddling the borders where Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos meet.[citation needed] The majority, over 80 percent, live in Thailand in the provinces of Surin, Buriram, Sisaket, Nakhon Ratchasima, and Ubon Ratchathani. From Ubon Ratchathani, their range continues over the Lao border where another 43,000 live in Savannakhet, Salavan and Champasak provinces along both banks of the Mekong. Across the Cambodian border, approximately 38,000 Kuy live mainly in Preah Vihear, Steung Treng, Siem Reap, and northern Kampong Thom with a small population in Kratie.[7] In Cambodia and Laos, Kuy is considered a "hill tribe" and, especially in Laos, many live in remote isolated areas in separate villages and have not integrated into mainstream society. In Cambodia, where significant numbers of Kuy also live among the Khmer, they are considered a Khmer Loeu group while in Laos there are counted among the Lao Theung ("midland Lao"). In Thailand, most Kuy people are more socially integrated and often live in mixed villages alongside the immigrants Northern Khmer.

Culture

Traditional Kuy culture is similar to other Mon-Khmer minority groups of Southeast Asia. Historically, they were subsistence farmers and supplemented this by weaving, raising livestock, and fishing. During times of drought or when the soil lost its fertility, whole villages relocated to more favorable land. Veneration of spirits, known by the Lao term satsana phi, was the primary religious or cosmological belief. In addition to ancestor spirits, Kuy believe in other nature spirits including that of the monitor lizard (takuat) which they believe to be symbol of fertility. The Kuy perform ceremonies to propitiate the takuat spirit and ask for fertility from nature. They would also take the tail of the lizard to use in divination ceremonies. Those of ill health would perform a ceremony called kael mo for healing.[citation needed] Those Kuy who raise and train elephants venerate their own set of spirits related to their work, so-called "Pakam" which is located mostly in Thailand.[8]

Modern Kuy, however, is influenced by the dominant culture of the country in which they live. Most Kuy in Thailand, for example, where 20th century Thaification policies outlawed spirit worship, have adopted the local form of Theravada Buddhism and some, start using Isan Thai as an alternate first language.[citation needed] Seventy-four percent of the Kuy in Cambodia are no longer fluent in Kuy, having adopted Khmer for daily use,[7] and many have all but integrated into Khmer society although a significant portion still participates in traditional Kuy spiritual activities alongside Khmer Buddhism.

Women have an esteemed position in Kui society ensuring community cohesion and spiritual beliefs, apart from their central role in subsistence food production.[9]

Language

As with other aspects of Kuy culture, language use varies based on the country of residence. The Kuy in Thailand have been subject to Thaification policies in the past and, while maintaining positive views about their native language (Kuy), most often use the local Lao dialect. Thai Kuy are also fluent in Central Thai and 40 percent also use Northern Khmer. In Laos, which has the largest population of Kuy monolinguals, approximately 80 percent speak only Kuy. The remaining Kuy of Laos also uses Lao. Only 26 percent of the Kuy in Cambodia reported being able to communicate in the Kuy language with the remainder speaking only Khmer.[7] The Kuy language had been reported to have no alphabet of its own until recently the Kui Association of Thailand has launched 21st Kui/Kuy writing system developed by Dr. Sanong Suksaweang for all the Kui/Kuy. However, most of the Kuy have not learned and have been using the national language Thai script in Thailand, Khmer script in Cambodia, and Lao script in Laos.

The Kuy language belongs to the Austroasiatic language family, within which several more closely related languages, including Bru, Ta-Oi, and Kuy, among others, make up the Katuic subgroup. Kuy accounts for the largest group of Katuic speakers with recent estimates placing their numbers at 800,000, double the more conservative traditionally accepted estimates.[10] Separated by distance, geographical features and political borders, Kuy speakers' speech has evolved into several marked, but mutually intelligible, dialects. In Thailand, two major dialects have been recognized, each of which can be further divided into sub-dialects.[11] Cambodian Kuy has been described as having four distinct dialects,[12] while the political situation in Laos has made study of Kuy dialects there difficult.

Subgroups

Research of the late-19th to early-20th century reported that the Kuy of the time were "vaguely aware" of different clans or tribes within Kuy society, but even by that time consciousness of these divisions was waning.[11] A 1988 study found that modern Kuy were no longer conscious of any clan or tribal affiliation and, among themselves, only recognized differences in dialect and national origin.[11] One exception were the approximately 200[13] Kuy Nheu (ɲə), found in the Sisaket, Phrai Bueng and Rasi Salai districts of Srisaket, who were "very conscious of the fact that they were different from all other Kui".[11]

Kuy in Cambodia

 
Three Kuy in Cambodia playing traditional instruments

The Kuy people are actively engaged in efforts to preserve Prey Lang forest in Cambodia.[14][15] Prey Lang's name originated from the Kuy language and means "the forest (Prey) which belongs to all of us".[16] Organisations including Amnesty International and Cultural Survival have documented how Kuy people have faced development aggression and been forcefully evicted from their homes due to economic land concessions.[14][17][18]

The "spirit forest" is an integral part of Kuy culture, however spirit forests are increasingly impacted by mining interests as Cambodia develops.[19] Some Kuy people are artisans with unique basket and textile weaving skills.[20] Some Kuy are rice farmers or raise silk worms and weave silk.[21]

The Cambodian Indigenous Youth Association has members who are Kuy people who study and work in Phnom Penh.

Famous Kuy people

  • Buakaw BanchamekThai Kuy descent welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer
  • Tony Jaa — Thai Kuy descent martial artist, actor, action choreographer, stuntman and director

References

  1. ^ 2006 Mahidol University Study, cited in Ethnologue
  2. ^ 2019 Indigenous Peoples Organization, cited in [1]
  3. ^ 2005 Lao Census, cited in Ethnologue
  4. ^ . Southeast Asian Peoples Research Center. Archived from the original on June 11, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  5. ^ Somsonge, Burusphat (1990). "The Functions of kʌʔ in Oral Kui Narrative" (PDF). Mon-Khmer Studies Journal. 18–19: 223. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  6. ^ Pongsak, Nakprada. (PDF). The Government of Thailand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ a b c Kuy (Kuay) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  8. ^ Srichandrakumara; Giles, Francis (1930). (PDF). Journal of the Siam Society (23). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Indigenous women and development-induced violence in Southeast Asia" (PDF). March 2013.
  10. ^ Sidwell, P. (2005). The Katuic languages: classification, reconstruction and comparative lexicon 2020-12-04 at the Wayback Machine. LINCOM studies in Asian linguistics, 58. Munich: Lincom Europa. ISBN 3-89586-802-7
  11. ^ a b c d Van der haak, F; Woykos, B (1988). "Kui dialect Survey in Surin and Sisaket" (PDF). Mon-Khmer Studies Journal. 16–17. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  12. ^ Mann, N., & Markowski, L. (2005). A rapid appraisal survey of Kuy dialects spoken in Cambodia. SIL International.
  13. ^ Nyeu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  14. ^ a b . Cultural Survival. February 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-07-18. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
  15. ^ Keating, Neal (May 14, 2012). "Spirits of the Forest: Cambodia's Kuy People Practice Spirit-based Conservation". Cultural Survival.
  16. ^ "Viet companies continue to destroy Prey Lang" (PDF). Cambodian Centre for Human Rights. 14 March 2011.
  17. ^ . 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  18. ^ The Other Cambodia: Indigenous People's Land and Rights (video) (in Khmer). Cambodia: NGO Forum on Cambodia. 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  19. ^ "Mining in Cambodia: Community Contradictions". Oxfam. December 16, 2011.
  20. ^ "Indigenous Crafts of Cambodia" (PDF). UNESCO.
  21. ^ "Kuoy People". People and Knowledge of Highlanders. 14 March 2011.

External links

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The Kuy Khmer ក យ Thai kuy are an indigenous ethnic group of mainland Southeast Asia The native lands of the Kuy range from the southern Khorat Plateau in northeast Thailand east to the banks of the Mekong River in southern Laos and south to north central Cambodia 4 The Kuy are an ethnic minority in all three countries where they live as hill tribes or Montagnards Their language is classified as a Katuic language of the Mon Khmer language family and as such is related to the Khmer language of Cambodia The Thais Lao and Khmer traditionally recognize the Kuy as the aboriginal inhabitants of the region and refer to them as Khmer boran Khmer meaning ancient Khmer or Khamen pa dong Thai ekhmrpadng RTGS Khamen pa dong jungle Khmer people The word kuy in the Kuy language means people or human being alternate English spellings include Kui Kuoy and Kuay while forms similar to Suay or Suei are derived from the Thai Lao exonyms meaning those who pay tribute 5 The Kuy are known as skilled mahouts or elephant trainers and many Kuy villages are employed in finding taming and selling elephants 6 KuyNhean Vorng a Kuy from CambodiaTotal population gt 500 000 est Regions with significant populationsThailand Cambodia LaosThailand400 000 2006 1 Cambodia70 302 2019 2 Laos42 800 2005 3 LanguagesKuy othersReligionAnimism or Satsana Phi Theravada BuddhismRelated ethnic groupsBru Ta Oi Khmer Contents 1 Geographic distribution 2 Culture 2 1 Language 2 2 Subgroups 2 3 Kuy in Cambodia 3 Famous Kuy people 4 References 5 External linksGeographic distribution EditThe Kuy are found in a region of mainland Southeast Asia roughly between the Dangrek Mountains and the Mun River straddling the borders where Thailand Cambodia and Laos meet citation needed The majority over 80 percent live in Thailand in the provinces of Surin Buriram Sisaket Nakhon Ratchasima and Ubon Ratchathani From Ubon Ratchathani their range continues over the Lao border where another 43 000 live in Savannakhet Salavan and Champasak provinces along both banks of the Mekong Across the Cambodian border approximately 38 000 Kuy live mainly in Preah Vihear Steung Treng Siem Reap and northern Kampong Thom with a small population in Kratie 7 In Cambodia and Laos Kuy is considered a hill tribe and especially in Laos many live in remote isolated areas in separate villages and have not integrated into mainstream society In Cambodia where significant numbers of Kuy also live among the Khmer they are considered a Khmer Loeu group while in Laos there are counted among the Lao Theung midland Lao In Thailand most Kuy people are more socially integrated and often live in mixed villages alongside the immigrants Northern Khmer Culture EditTraditional Kuy culture is similar to other Mon Khmer minority groups of Southeast Asia Historically they were subsistence farmers and supplemented this by weaving raising livestock and fishing During times of drought or when the soil lost its fertility whole villages relocated to more favorable land Veneration of spirits known by the Lao term satsana phi was the primary religious or cosmological belief In addition to ancestor spirits Kuy believe in other nature spirits including that of the monitor lizard takuat which they believe to be symbol of fertility The Kuy perform ceremonies to propitiate the takuat spirit and ask for fertility from nature They would also take the tail of the lizard to use in divination ceremonies Those of ill health would perform a ceremony called kael mo for healing citation needed Those Kuy who raise and train elephants venerate their own set of spirits related to their work so called Pakam which is located mostly in Thailand 8 Modern Kuy however is influenced by the dominant culture of the country in which they live Most Kuy in Thailand for example where 20th century Thaification policies outlawed spirit worship have adopted the local form of Theravada Buddhism and some start using Isan Thai as an alternate first language citation needed Seventy four percent of the Kuy in Cambodia are no longer fluent in Kuy having adopted Khmer for daily use 7 and many have all but integrated into Khmer society although a significant portion still participates in traditional Kuy spiritual activities alongside Khmer Buddhism Women have an esteemed position in Kui society ensuring community cohesion and spiritual beliefs apart from their central role in subsistence food production 9 Language Edit As with other aspects of Kuy culture language use varies based on the country of residence The Kuy in Thailand have been subject to Thaification policies in the past and while maintaining positive views about their native language Kuy most often use the local Lao dialect Thai Kuy are also fluent in Central Thai and 40 percent also use Northern Khmer In Laos which has the largest population of Kuy monolinguals approximately 80 percent speak only Kuy The remaining Kuy of Laos also uses Lao Only 26 percent of the Kuy in Cambodia reported being able to communicate in the Kuy language with the remainder speaking only Khmer 7 The Kuy language had been reported to have no alphabet of its own until recently the Kui Association of Thailand has launched 21st Kui Kuy writing system developed by Dr Sanong Suksaweang for all the Kui Kuy However most of the Kuy have not learned and have been using the national language Thai script in Thailand Khmer script in Cambodia and Lao script in Laos The Kuy language belongs to the Austroasiatic language family within which several more closely related languages including Bru Ta Oi and Kuy among others make up the Katuic subgroup Kuy accounts for the largest group of Katuic speakers with recent estimates placing their numbers at 800 000 double the more conservative traditionally accepted estimates 10 Separated by distance geographical features and political borders Kuy speakers speech has evolved into several marked but mutually intelligible dialects In Thailand two major dialects have been recognized each of which can be further divided into sub dialects 11 Cambodian Kuy has been described as having four distinct dialects 12 while the political situation in Laos has made study of Kuy dialects there difficult Subgroups Edit Research of the late 19th to early 20th century reported that the Kuy of the time were vaguely aware of different clans or tribes within Kuy society but even by that time consciousness of these divisions was waning 11 A 1988 study found that modern Kuy were no longer conscious of any clan or tribal affiliation and among themselves only recognized differences in dialect and national origin 11 One exception were the approximately 200 13 Kuy Nheu ɲe found in the Sisaket Phrai Bueng and Rasi Salai districts of Srisaket who were very conscious of the fact that they were different from all other Kui 11 Kuy in Cambodia Edit Three Kuy in Cambodia playing traditional instrumentsThe Kuy people are actively engaged in efforts to preserve Prey Lang forest in Cambodia 14 15 Prey Lang s name originated from the Kuy language and means the forest Prey which belongs to all of us 16 Organisations including Amnesty International and Cultural Survival have documented how Kuy people have faced development aggression and been forcefully evicted from their homes due to economic land concessions 14 17 18 The spirit forest is an integral part of Kuy culture however spirit forests are increasingly impacted by mining interests as Cambodia develops 19 Some Kuy people are artisans with unique basket and textile weaving skills 20 Some Kuy are rice farmers or raise silk worms and weave silk 21 The Cambodian Indigenous Youth Association has members who are Kuy people who study and work in Phnom Penh Famous Kuy people EditBuakaw Banchamek Thai Kuy descent welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer Tony Jaa Thai Kuy descent martial artist actor action choreographer stuntman and directorReferences Edit 2006 Mahidol University Study cited in Ethnologue 2019 Indigenous Peoples Organization cited in 1 2005 Lao Census cited in Ethnologue The Kuy People of Laos Southeast Asian Peoples Research Center Archived from the original on June 11 2017 Retrieved October 8 2013 Somsonge Burusphat 1990 The Functions of kʌʔ in Oral Kui Narrative PDF Mon Khmer Studies Journal 18 19 223 Retrieved 7 November 2015 Pongsak Nakprada The Elephants Return to Homeland Project Management for Provincial Economic Development in Surin Province PDF The Government of Thailand Archived from the original PDF on 18 May 2015 Retrieved 7 November 2015 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help a b c Kuy Kuay at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 Srichandrakumara Giles Francis 1930 Adversaria of Elephant Hunting together with an account of all the rites observances and acts of worship to be performed in connection therewith as well as notes on vocabularies of spirit language fake or taboo language and elephant command words PDF Journal of the Siam Society 23 Archived from the original PDF on 13 November 2020 Retrieved 7 November 2015 Indigenous women and development induced violence in Southeast Asia PDF March 2013 Sidwell P 2005 The Katuic languages classification reconstruction and comparative lexicon Archived 2020 12 04 at the Wayback Machine LINCOM studies in Asian linguistics 58 Munich Lincom Europa ISBN 3 89586 802 7 a b c d Van der haak F Woykos B 1988 Kui dialect Survey in Surin and Sisaket PDF Mon Khmer Studies Journal 16 17 Retrieved 7 November 2015 Mann N amp Markowski L 2005 A rapid appraisal survey of Kuy dialects spoken in Cambodia SIL International Nyeu at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 a b Help Us Save Prey Lang Our Forest Cultural Survival February 2012 Archived from the original on 2013 07 18 Retrieved 2013 08 29 Keating Neal May 14 2012 Spirits of the Forest Cambodia s Kuy People Practice Spirit based Conservation Cultural Survival Viet companies continue to destroy Prey Lang PDF Cambodian Centre for Human Rights 14 March 2011 Eviction and resistance in Cambodia Hong s story 6 June 2012 Archived from the original on 9 November 2013 Retrieved 9 November 2013 The Other Cambodia Indigenous People s Land and Rights video in Khmer Cambodia NGO Forum on Cambodia 2013 Retrieved 9 November 2013 Mining in Cambodia Community Contradictions Oxfam December 16 2011 Indigenous Crafts of Cambodia PDF UNESCO Kuoy People People and Knowledge of Highlanders 14 March 2011 External links EditI ll meet you near the temple Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kuy people amp oldid 1169452950, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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