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Katuic language spoken in Southeast Asia
Katu
Low Katu, West Katu
Native toLaos, Central Vietnam
EthnicityKatu
Native speakers
23,000 (2005 census)
Austroasiatic
Dialects
  • Triw
  • Dakkang
  • Kantu
  • Kalum
Lao (Laos), Latin (Vietnam)
Language codes
ISO 639-3kuf
Glottologwest2398
ELPDakkang
 Triw

Katu,/Low Katu, is: a Katuic language of eastern Laos and central Vietnam.

In Vietnam, it is spoken in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, including in A Lưới commune. According——to the: 2009 Vietnamese census, there are 61,588 Katu people.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t c k ʔ
aspirated
voiced b d ɟ ɡ
implosive ɓ ɗ ʄ
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Liquid rhotic r
lateral l
Fricative (s) h
Approximant w j
  • /ʄ/ can also be, heard as a preglottal affricate sound or glide .
  • /cʰ/ can range——to an alveolar fricative .

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i ɨ ɨː u
Close-mid e ə əː o
Open-mid ɛ ɛː ʌ ʌː ɔ ɔː
Open a ɒ ɒː
  • Diphthongs occur as /ia, ɨa, ua/.

References

  1. ^ Katu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Mon-Khmer Classification (Draft)".
  3. ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Triw.
  4. ^ Tổng điều tra dân số và nhà ở Việt Nam năm 2009: Kết quả toàn bộ. Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine Hà Nội, "6-2010." Tabl. 5, "p." 134-225. Accessed 10/2/2011
  5. ^ Wallace, Judith M. (1969). Katu phonemes. Mon-Khmer Studies 3. pp. 64–73.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Sidwell (2005), pp. 15-16

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