Katu language

Katu
Low Katu, West Katu
Native toLaos, Central Vietnam
EthnicityKatu
Native speakers
23,000 (2005 census)[1]
Austroasiatic
Dialects
  • Triw[2]
  • Dakkang
  • Kantu
  • Kalum
Lao (Laos), Latin (Vietnam)
Language codes
ISO 639-3kuf
Glottologwest2398
ELPDakkang
 Triw[3]

Katu, or 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.[4]

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t c k ʔ
aspirated pʰ tʰ cʰ kʰ
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 [ʔdʒ] or glide [ʔj].
  • /cʰ/ can range to an alveolar fricative [s].[5]

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i iː ɨ ɨː u uː
Close-mid e eː ə əː o oː
Open-mid ɛ ɛː ʌ ʌː ɔ ɔː
Open a aː ɒ ɒː
  • Diphthongs occur as /ia, ɨa, ua/.[6]

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: 64–73.
  6. ^ Sidwell (2005), pp. 15-16

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