Katu 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
KatuPhuongVietnameseLao
Religion
AnimismChristianity
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