Katu, or Low Katu, is a Katuic language of eastern Laos and central Vietnam.
In Vietnam, it is spoken in Huế city, including in A Lưới district. According to the 2009 Vietnamese census, there are 61,588 Katu people.
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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].2
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/.3
Further reading
- Nguyễn Hữu Hoành & Nguyễn Văn Lợi. 1998. Tiếng Katu. Hà Nội: Nhà Xuất Bản Khoa Học Xã Hội.
- Sidwell, Paul. (2005). The Katuic languages: classification, reconstruction and comparative lexicon Archived 2020-12-04 at the Wayback Machine. LINCOM studies in Asian linguistics, 58. Muenchen: Lincom Europa. ISBN 3895868027
- Theraphan L-Thongkum. 2001. Languages of the Tribes in Xekong Province Southern Laos. The Thailand Research Fund. Bangkok, Chulalongkorn University.
References
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 http://www.gso.gov.vn/default.aspx?tabid=512&idmid=5&ItemID=10798 ↩
Wallace, Judith M. (1969). "Katu phonemes". Mon-Khmer Studies. 3: 64–73. /wiki/Mon-Khmer_Studies ↩
Sidwell (2005), pp. 15-16 ↩