Katuic languages
Subgroup of the Austroasiatic language family / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. Paul Sidwell is the leading specialist on the Katuic languages [citation needed]. He notes that Austroasiatic/Mon–Khmer languages are lexically more similar to Katuic and Bahnaric the closer they are geographically. He says this geographic similarity is independent of which branch of the family each language belongs to. He also says Katuic and Bahnaric do not have any shared innovations, so they do not form a single branch of the Austroasiatic family, but form separate branches.
Katuic | |
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Ethnicity | Katuic peoples |
Geographic distribution | Indochina |
Linguistic classification | Austroasiatic
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Proto-language | Proto-Katuic |
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Glottolog | katu1271 |
Katuic |