| Katu | |
| Also Known As: | Low Katu, West Katu |
| States: | Laos, Central Vietnam |
| Ethnicity: | Katu |
| 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[1] |
| 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 Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, including in A Lưới commune. According to the 2009 Vietnamese census, there are 61,588 Katu people.[2]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
| aspirated | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| implosive | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Liquid | rhotic | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| lateral | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
| Fricative | (pronounced as /ink/) | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | |
| Close-mid | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | |
| Open-mid | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | |
| Open | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ pronounced as /ink/ |