| Cua | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Vietnam |
Native speakers | 12,000 (2007)[1] |
Austroasiatic
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| Latin | |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cua |
| Glottolog | cuaa1241 |
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TheCua language (also known asBòng Mieu) is a Bahnaric language spoken in theQuảng Ngãi andQuảng Nam provinces ofVietnam. Cua dialects include Kol (Kor, Cor, Co, Col, Dot, Yot) and Traw (Tràu, Dong). Maier & Burton (1981) is currently the most extensive Cua dictionary to date.
Paul Sidwell (2009) considers Cua to constitute an independent primary branch ofBahnaric, which he calls East Bahnaric. Cua has also had extensive contact with North Bahnaric languages. However, Sidwell (2002) had previously classified Cua as a Central Bahnaric language.
The phonology of Cua, as cited by Sidwell (based on Maier 1969):[2]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | ||||||
| voiceless | p | t | c | k | ʔ | |||||
| voiced | b | d | ɟ | ɡ | ||||||
| implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||
| Fricative | s | h | ||||||||
| Approximant | w | lrʰl | j | |||||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i | iː | ɨ | ɨː | u | uː |
| Close-mid | e | eː | o | oː | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɛː | ə | əː | ɔ | ɔː |
| Open | a | aː | ||||
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