| Katu | |
|---|---|
| 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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| Lao (Laos),Latin (Vietnam) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kuf |
| Glottolog | west2398 |
| ELP | Dakkang |
| Triw | |
Katu, orLow Katu, is aKatuic language of easternLaos andcentral Vietnam.
InVietnam, it is spoken inHuế city, including in A Lướidistrict. According to the 2009Vietnamesecensus, there are 61,588Katu people.[3]
| 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 | ||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | iiː | ɨɨː | uuː |
| Close-mid | eeː | əəː | ooː |
| Open-mid | ɛɛː | ʌʌː | ɔɔː |
| Open | aaː | ɒɒː |
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