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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.

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Classification

Further reading

External links

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).

★ Katu branch:

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★ Dakkang (Laos)

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★ Kantu (Laos)

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★ Katu (Vietnam and Laos)

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★ Phuong (Vietnam)

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★ Triw (Laos)

★ Kui-Bru branch (West Katuic):

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★ Bru (Laos and Thailand)

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★ Kuy (Thailand)

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★ So (Laos)

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★ Souei (Thailand)

★ Pakoh language (Vietnam)

★ Ta'Oi-Kriang branch (Laos):

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★ Chatong

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★ Ngeq/Kriang

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★ Talan-Ong-Ir

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★ Ta'Oih

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.

External links

★ Paul Sidwell (2003)

★ Ethnologue Tree: Katuic languages