ISO 639-3 · autaut
Austronesian family
Austral
Austral is a language of the Tahitic branch (Austronesian), spoken in France. Wikidata counts about 12,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “language of French Polynesia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
aut- Glottocode
aust1304- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 18 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
11levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Austral |
|---|---|
| Also called | Austral language, aut, Reo Tuha'a pae |
| All speakers | 12,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Austral
The branches above Austral, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
1039Austronesianfamily944Malayo-Polynesianbranch634Nuclear Malayo-Polynesianbranch579Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbranch470Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbranch438Oceanicbranch220Central–Eastern Oceanicbranch44Central Pacificbranch38Polynesianbranch36Nuclear Polynesianbranch9TahiticbranchautAustrallanguage
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in France
fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationaldeuGermanIndo-European · 135 m1 · NationalnldDutchIndo-European · 23.1 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mgswAlemannicIndo-European · 10 m5 · DevelopingcatCatalanIndo-European · 10 m2 · ProvincialhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationalvlsWest FlemishIndo-European · 1.4 m6b · ThreatenedyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredpflPalatinate GermanIndo-European · 1 m6a · Vigorous