Katu language

{{Infobox language

| name = Katu

| altname = Low Katu, West Katu

| nativename =

| states = Laos, Central Vietnam

| ethnicity = Katu

| speakers = {{sigfig|22800|2}}

| date = 2005 census

| ref = e18

| familycolor = Austro-Asiatic

| fam2 = Katuic

| fam3 = Katu languages

| script = Lao (Laos), Latin (Vietnam)

| iso3 = kuf

| glotto = west2398

| glottorefname = Western Katu

| ELP = 1252

| ELPname = Dakkang

| ELP2 = 1251

| ELPname2 = Triw

| dia1 = Triw{{cite web | url=http://sealang.net/sala/mk-class.htm | title=Mon-Khmer Classification (Draft) }}

| dia2 = Dakkang

| dia3 = Kantu

| dia4 = Kalum

}}

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.[http://www.gso.gov.vn/default.aspx?tabid=512&idmid=5&ItemID=10798 Tổng điều tra dân số và nhà ở Việt Nam năm 2009: Kết quả toàn bộ.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114131814/http://www.gso.gov.vn/default.aspx?tabid=512&idmid=5&ItemID=10798 |date=2012-11-14 }} Hà Nội, 6-2010. Tabl. 5, p. 134-225. Accessed 10/2/2011

Phonology

= Consonants =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan="2" \| !Labial !Alveolar !Palatal !Velar !Glottal
rowspan="4" \|Plosive !voiceless \|{{IPAlink\|p}} \|{{IPAlink\|t}} \|{{IPAlink\|c}} \|{{IPAlink\|k}} \|{{IPAlink\|ʔ}}
aspirated \|{{IPAlink\|pʰ}} \|{{IPAlink\|tʰ}} \|{{IPAlink\|cʰ}} \|{{IPAlink\|kʰ}} \|
voiced \|{{IPAlink\|b}} \|{{IPAlink\|d}} \|{{IPA link\|ɟ}} \|{{IPA link\|ɡ}} \|
implosive \|{{IPA link\|ɓ}} \|{{IPA link\|ɗ}} \|{{IPA link\|ʄ}} \| \|
colspan="2" \|Nasal \|{{IPAlink\|m}} \|{{IPAlink\|n}} \|{{IPAlink\|ɲ}} \|{{IPAlink\|ŋ}} \|
rowspan="2" \|Liquid !rhotic \| \|{{IPAlink\|r}} \| \| \|
lateral \| \|{{IPAlink\|l}} \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Fricative \| \|({{IPAlink\|s}}) \| \| \|{{IPAlink\|h}}
colspan="2" \|Approximant \|{{IPAlink\|w}} \| \|{{IPAlink\|j}} \| \|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan="2" |

rowspan="4" |Plosive

|{{IPAlink|p}}

|{{IPAlink|t}}

|{{IPAlink|c}}

|{{IPAlink|k}}

|{{IPAlink|ʔ}}

aspirated

|{{IPAlink|pʰ}}

|{{IPAlink|tʰ}}

|{{IPAlink|cʰ}}

|{{IPAlink|kʰ}}

voiced

|{{IPAlink|b}}

|{{IPAlink|d}}

|{{IPA link|ɟ}}

|{{IPA link|ɡ}}

implosive

|{{IPA link|ɓ}}

|{{IPA link|ɗ}}

|{{IPA link|ʄ}}

colspan="2" |Nasal

|{{IPAlink|m}}

|{{IPAlink|n}}

|{{IPAlink|ɲ}}

|{{IPAlink|ŋ}}

rowspan="2" |Liquid

!rhotic

|{{IPAlink|r}}

lateral

|{{IPAlink|l}}

colspan="2" |Fricative

|({{IPAlink|s}})

|{{IPAlink|h}}

colspan="2" |Approximant

|{{IPAlink|w}}

|{{IPAlink|j}}

{{IPA|/ʄ/}} can also be heard as a preglottal affricate sound {{IPA|[ʔdʒ]}} or glide {{IPA|[ʔj]}}.
{{IPA|/cʰ/}} can range to an alveolar fricative {{IPA|[s]}}.{{Cite journal |last=Wallace |first=Judith M. |title=Katu phonemes |year=1969 |journal=Mon-Khmer Studies |volume=3 |pages=64–73}}

= Vowels =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! !Front !Central !Back
Close \|{{IPAlink\|i}} {{IPAlink\|iː}} \|{{IPAlink\|ɨ}} {{IPAlink\|ɨː}} \|{{IPAlink\|u}} {{IPAlink\|uː}}
Close-mid \|{{IPAlink\|e}} {{IPAlink\|eː}} \|{{IPAlink\|ə}} {{IPAlink\|əː}} \|{{IPAlink\|o}} {{IPAlink\|oː}}
Open-mid \|{{IPAlink\|ɛ}} {{IPAlink\|ɛː}} \|{{IPAlink\|ʌ}} {{IPAlink\|ʌː}} \|{{IPAlink\|ɔ}} {{IPAlink\|ɔː}}
Open \| \|{{IPAlink\|a}} {{IPAlink\|aː}} \|{{IPAlink\|ɒ}} {{IPAlink\|ɒː}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Front

!Central

!Back

|{{IPAlink|i}} {{IPAlink|iː}}

|{{IPAlink|ɨ}} {{IPAlink|ɨː}}

|{{IPAlink|u}} {{IPAlink|uː}}

Close-mid

|{{IPAlink|e}} {{IPAlink|eː}}

|{{IPAlink|ə}} {{IPAlink|əː}}

|{{IPAlink|o}} {{IPAlink|oː}}

Open-mid