ISO 639-3 · amqamq
Austronesian family
Amahai
Amahai is a language of the Piru Bay branch (Austronesian), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata counts 50 first-language speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “language in Maluku”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
amq- Glottocode
amah1245- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 8b Nearly Extinct
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 11 language editions
50first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
9levels in the tree
8bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Amahai |
|---|---|
| Also called | Amahai language |
| L1 speakers | 50 (2007) |
Vitality
EGIDS 8b Nearly Extinct8b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Amahai
The branches above Amahai, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Indonesia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeindIndonesianAustronesian · 199 m1 · NationaljavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · Developing