ISO 639-3 · amiami
Austronesian family
Amis
Amis is a language of the East Formosan branch (Austronesian), spoken in Taiwan. Wikidata counts about 215,000 speakers (2020). Wikidata describes it as “East Formosan language of Taiwan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ami- Glottocode
amis1246- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 23.97, 121.60
- Wikipedia
- 37 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Amis |
|---|---|
| Also called | Amis language |
| All speakers | 215,000 (2020) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Amis
The branches above Amis, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Taiwan
zhoChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.30 bncmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 mporPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · DevelopingcdoEastern MinSino-Tibetan · 10.3 m5 · DevelopingcpxPu-Xian MinSino-Tibetan · 2.5 m5 · DevelopinghnmHainaneseSino-Tibetan · 1.1 mpwnPaiwanAustronesian · 96,0005 · Developing