Katu_language

Katu language

Katu language

Katuic language spoken in Southeast Asia

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

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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.[4]

Phonology

Consonants

More information Labial, Alveolar ...
  • /ʄ/ can also be heard as a preglottal affricate sound [ʔdʒ] or glide [ʔj].
  • /cʰ/ can range to an alveolar fricative [s].[5]

Vowels

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  • Diphthongs occur as /ia, ɨa, ua/.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Katu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    "Mon-Khmer Classification (Draft)".
  3. [3]
    Endangered Languages Project data for Triw.
  4. [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. [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. [6]
    Sidwell (2005), pp. 15-16

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