Katuic languages
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| Katuic | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
Indochina |
| Genetic classification: |
Austro-Asiatic Nuclear Mon-Khmer Khmero-Vietic Vieto-Katuic ? Katuic |
| Subdivisions: |
Katu
Kui-Bru (West)
Pacoh
Ta'Oi-Kriang
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The fifteen Katuic languages form a branch of the Austroasiatic languages spoken by about 1.3 million people in Southeast Asia. People who speak Katuic languages are called the Katuic peoples.
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[edit] Classification
Data for adequate classification of the Mon-Khmer Katuic languages only become available after the opening of Laos to foreign researchers in the 1990s. The following classification is that of Sidwell (2003). Sidwell (2005) casts doubt on Diffloth's Vieto-Katuic hypothesis, saying that the evidence is ambiguous, and that it is not clear where Katuic belongs in the family.
- Katu branch:
- Dakkang (Laos)
- Kantu (Laos)
- Katu (Vietnam and Laos)
- Phuong (Vietnam)
- Triw (Laos)
- Kui-Bru branch (West Katuic):
- Pacoh language (Vietnam and Laos)
[edit] Proto-language
Sidwell (2005) reconstructs the consonant inventory of proto-Katuic as follows:
| *p | *t | *c | *k | *ʔ |
| *b | *d | *ɟ | *ɡ | |
| *ɓ | *ɗ | *ʄ | ||
| *m | *n | *ɲ | *ŋ | |
| *w | *l, *r | *j | ||
| *s | *h |
This is identical to reconstructions of proto-Mon Khmer except for *ʄ, which is better preserved in the Katuic languages than in other branches of Austro-Asiatic, and which Sidwell believes was also present in proto-Mon Khmer.
[edit] Further reading
- Sidwell, P. (2005). The Katuic languages: classification, reconstruction and comparative lexicon. LINCOM studies in Asian linguistics, 58. Muenchen: Lincom Europa. ISBN 3895868027
- Peiros, I. (1996). Katuic comparative dictionary. Canberra, Australia: Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 0858834359
- Costello, N. A. (1991). Nôôq paraaq Katu: Katu dictionary : Katu--Vietnamese--English. Manila: Summer Institute of Linguistics, Thailand Group.
- Thomas, D. M. (1976). A phonological reconstruction of Proto-East-Katuic. Grand Forks, N.D.: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
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