Katu language
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.
Phonology
Consonants
- /ʄ/ can also be heard as a preglottal affricate sound [ʔdʒ] or glide [ʔj].
- /cʰ/ can range to an alveolar fricative [s].
Vowels
- Diphthongs occur as /ia, ɨa, ua/.
References
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.