Katu, or Low Katu, is a
Katuic language of eastern
Laos and
central Vietnam
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.
In
Vietnam
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, it is spoken in
Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, including in A Lưới
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
. According to the 2009
Vietnam
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ese
census
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, there are 61,588
Katu people.
[ Tổng điều tra dân số và nhà ở Việt Nam năm 2009: Kết quả toàn bộ.](_blank)
Hà Nội, 6-2010. Tabl. 5, p. 134-225. Accessed 10/2/2011
Phonology
Consonants
* can also be heard as a preglottal affricate sound or glide .
* can range to an alveolar fricative .
Vowels
* Diphthongs occur as .
[Sidwell (2005), pp. 15-16]
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'. LINCOM studies in Asian linguistics, 58. Muenchen: Lincom Europa.
*
Theraphan L-Thongkum. 2001. Languages of the Tribes in Xekong Province Southern Laos. The Thailand Research Fund. Bangkok, Chulalongkorn University.
Languages of Laos
Languages of Vietnam
Katuic languages
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