ISO 639-3 · taytay
Austronesian family
Atayal
Atayal is a language of the Northern Formosan branch (Austronesian), spoken in Taiwan. Wikidata counts about 80,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Austronesian language spoken in Taiwan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tay- Glottocode
atay1247- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 24.60, 121.30
- Wikipedia
- 36 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Atayal |
|---|---|
| Also called | Atayal language, Tayal, tay |
| All speakers | 80,000 |
| 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 Atayal
The branches above Atayal, 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 mamiAmisAustronesian · 215,0005 · Developing