ISO 639-3 · gaygay
Austronesian family
Gayo
bahasa Gayo
Gayo is a language of the Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands branch (Austronesian), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata describes it as “Austronesian language spoken in Sumatra, Indonesia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
gay- Glottocode
gayo1244- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Centre point
- 4.37, 97.35
- Wikipedia
- 27 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Gayo · bahasa Gayo |
|---|---|
| Also called | gay, Gayo language |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Gayo
The branches above Gayo, 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