Katu people

This article is about the Austroasiatic people group of Vietnam and Laos. For the Tibeto-Burman people group of Myanmar and China, see Kadu people.
Katu
Laos Plateau des Bolovens weaving in Ban Lao Ngam
Total population
102,551
Regions with significant populations
Vietnam, Laos
 Vietnam74,173 (2019)[1]
 Laos28,378 (2015)[2]
Languages
Katu • Phuong • Vietnamese • Lao
Religion
Animism • Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Pacoh, Brao, Ta Oi

The Katuic people (also Co Tu, Ca Tang; Vietnamese: người Cơ Tu; Katu: Manứih Cơ Tu) 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. Katuic languages have been developed by Paul Sidwell,[3] but Sidwell's work is not commonly used in Katuic communities due to language barriers.

  1. ^ "Report on Results of the 2019 Census". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Results of Population and Housing Census 2015" (PDF). Lao Statistics Bureau. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. ^ Sidwell, Paul (2021-08-23), "11 Classification of MSEA Austroasiatic languages", 11 Classification of MSEA Austroasiatic languages, De Gruyter Mouton, pp. 179–206, doi:10.1515/9783110558142-011/html, ISBN 978-3-11-055814-2, retrieved 2023-08-05