Languages of Taiwan

33 languages of the index are spoken in Taiwan. The country has about 23.3 m inhabitants (2026).

33 languages16 endangered or dormantAsiaISO TW / TWN

All languages spoken in Taiwan

Language	ISO	Family	Countries	Speakers	Vitality
zhoChinese汉语	`zho`	Sino-Tibetan		1.30 bn
cmnMandarin Chinese普通话	`cmn`	Sino-Tibetan	+4	1.07 bn	1 · National
cmnStandard Chinese現代標準漢語	`cmn`	Sino-Tibetan	+4	897.1 m
porPortugueseportuguês	`por`	Indo-European	+10	227.3 m	1 · National
nanSouthern Min閩南語	`nan`	Sino-Tibetan	+5	48.3 m	6a · Vigorous
hakHakka ChineseHak-kâ-ngî	`hak`	Sino-Tibetan	+1	48.2 m	5 · Developing
cdoEastern MinMìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄	`cdo`	Sino-Tibetan	+2	10.3 m	5 · Developing
cpxPu-Xian Min莆仙語	`cpx`	Sino-Tibetan		2.5 m	5 · Developing
hnmHainanese	`hnm`	Sino-Tibetan	+1	1.1 m
amiAmis	`ami`	Austronesian		215,000	5 · Developing
pwnPaiwanPinayuanan	`pwn`	Austronesian		96,000	5 · Developing
tayAtayal	`tay`	Austronesian		80,000	5 · Developing
bnnBunun	`bnn`	Austronesian		38,000	5 · Developing
trvSeediqKari Seediq	`trv`	Austronesian		20,000	4 · Educational
druRukai	`dru`	Austronesian		10,500	5 · Developing
pyuPuyumaPinuyumayan	`pyu`	Austronesian		8,500	8a · Moribund
xsySaisiyat	`xsy`	Austronesian		4,750	6b · Threatened
taoYamiciriciring no Tao	`tao`	Austronesian		3,800	6b · Threatened
tsuTsou	`tsu`	Austronesian		2,100	6b · Threatened
szySakizaya	`szy`	Austronesian		958	4 · Educational
ckvKavalan	`ckv`	Austronesian		70	8b · Nearly Extinct
sxrSaaroa	`sxr`	Austronesian		10	8b · Nearly Extinct
xnbKanakanavu	`xnb`	Austronesian		4	8b · Nearly Extinct
ssfThao	`ssf`	Austronesian			9 · Dormant
bzgBabuza	`bzg`	Austronesian			9 · Dormant
byqBasay	`byq`	Austronesian			10 · Extinct
pzhPazeh-KaxabuPazeh	`pzh`	Austronesian			Critically endangered
fosSiraya	`fos`	Austronesian			9 · Dormant
tssTaiwanese Sign Language台灣手語	`tss`	—			6b · Threatened
ycrYilan Creole JapaneseKankei	`ycr`	—			8a · Moribund
kaeKetagalan	`kae`	Austronesian			10 · Extinct
ppuPapora-HoanyaPapora	`ppu`	Austronesian			10 · Extinct
tvxTaivoan	`tvx`	Austronesian			9 · Dormant

33 languages · click a column to sort · source: Wikidata