Katuic languages

Katuic
EthnicityKatuic peoples
Geographic
distribution		Indochina
Linguistic classificationAustroasiatic
  • Katuic
Proto-languageProto-Katuic
Subdivisions
  • Katu
  • Kui–Bru (West)
  • Pacoh
  • Ta'Oi–Kriang
Language codes
Glottologkatu1271
  Katuic

The fifteen[1] Katuic languages form a branch of the Austroasiatic languages spoken by about 1.5 million people in Southeast Asia.[2] 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.

  1. ^ "Family: Austroasiatic". Glottolog. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Austroasiatic Languages". The Language Gulper. Retrieved 4 November 2024.