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. Tổng điều tra dân số và nhà ở Việt Nam năm 2009: Kết quả toàn bộ. Hà Nội, 6-2010. Tabl. 5, p. 134-225. Accessed 10/2/2011
Phonology
Consonants LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalPlosivevoicelessaspiratedvoicedimplosiveNasalLiquidrhoticlateralFricative()Approximant
can also be heard as a preglottal affricate sound or glide . can range to an alveolar fricative .
Vowels FrontCentralBackClose Close-mid Open-mid Open
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.