Katu, or Low Katu, is a Katuic language of eastern Laos and central Vietnam.
Katu | |
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Low Katu | |
West Katu | |
Native to | Laos, Central Vietnam |
Ethnicity | Katu |
Native speakers | 23,000 (2005 census)[1] |
Austroasiatic
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Dialects |
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Tai Le & Lao (Laos), Latin (Vietnam) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kuf |
Glottolog | west2398 |
ELP | Dakkang |
Triw[3] |
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]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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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 |
Front | Central | Back | |
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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 |
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