Cua language (Austroasiatic)

The Cua language (also known as Bòng Mieu) is a Mon–Khmer language spoken in the Quảng Ngãi and Quảng Nam provinces of Vietnam. Cua dialects include Kol (Kor, Cor, Co, Col, Dot, Yot) and Traw (Tràu, Dong). Maier & Burton (1981) is currently the most extensive Cua dictionary to date.

Cua
Native toVietnam
Native speakers
12,000 (2007)[1]
Austroasiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3cua
Glottologcuaa1241

Classification

Paul Sidwell (2009) considers Cua to constitute an independent primary branch of Bahnaric, which he calls East Bahnaric. Cua has also had extensive contact with North Bahnaric languages. However, Sidwell (2002) had previously classified Cua as a Central Bahnaric language.

Phonology

The phonology of Cua, as cited by Sidwell (based on Maier 1969):[2]

Consonants
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive Aspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ
Voiceless p t c k ʔ
Voiced b d ɟ ɡ
Implosive ɓ ɗ
Nasal Voiced m n ɲ ŋ
Fricative Voiceless s h
Approximant Voiced w l | r | hl j

Vowels
Front Central Back
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Close /i/ /iː/ /ɨ/ /ɨː/ /u/ /uː/
Close-mid /e/ /eː/ /o/ /oː/
Open-mid /ɛ/ /ɛː/ /ə/ /əː/ /ɔ/ /ɔː/
Open /a/ /aː/

References
  1. Cua at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Sidwell, Paul. "Cua (Kor) historical phonology and classification". Retrieved 8 April 2018. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Sidwell, Paul. 2009. "How many branches in a tree? Cua and East (North) Bahnaric". In Evans, Bethwyn (ed). Discovering History Through Language: Papers in Honour of Malcolm Ross. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

Further reading
  • Burton, Eva. 1966. "A brief sketch of Cua clause structure." Van-hóa Nguyêt-san 15: 187-90.
  • Maier, Jacqueline G. 1966. "Cua phonemes." Van-hóa Nguyêt-san 15: 361-71.
  • Maier, Jacqueline G. and Eva Burton, compilers. 1966. Cua (Kool) dictionary. [Manuscript] n.p.
  • Maier, Jacqueline G., Đinh Đổ, and Đinh Mốc. 1974. Bay hok pok Kool Kua = Bài học tiếng Cua = Cua language lessons. Tủ sách ngôn-ngữ dân tộc thiểu số Việt Nam, 10. Saigon: Department of Education. viii, 37 p.
  • Maier, Jacqueline G. and Eva Burton. 1981. Cua-English-Vietnamese Dictionary: 1981 Pre-publication Manuscript Based on a 1966 Manuscript. (Held by SIL, Dallas)
  • Smith, Kenneth D. 1973. "Eastern North Bahnaric: Cua and Kotua." Mon–Khmer Studies 4: 113-18.
  • Sidwell, Paul. 2010. "Cua (Kor) historical phonology and classification" Mon-Khmer Studies 39: 105-122.
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