Katu, or Low Katu, is a Katuic language of eastern Laos and

central Vietnam Central Vietnam ( vi, Trung Bộ or ), also known as Middle Vietnam or The Middle, formerly known as by South Vietnam, and Annam under French Indochina, is one of the three geographical regions within Vietnam. The name Trung Bộ was used by ...

. In

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it ...

, it is spoken in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, including in A Lưới commune. According to the 2009

ese

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, there are 61,588

Katu people The Katu people (also Co Tu, Ca Tang; vi, người Cơ Tu; Katu: ) are an ethnic group of about 102,551 who live in eastern Laos and central Vietnam. Numbered among the Katuic peoples, they speak a Mon-Khmer language. Laos The Katu in Laos l ...

. 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

* 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

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

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