ISO 639-3 · kxnkxn
Austronesian family
Kanowit
Kanowit is a language of the Malayo-Polynesian branch (Austronesian), spoken in Malaysia.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kxn- Glottocode
kano1244- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 9 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kanowit |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kanowit-Tanjong Melanau, Kanowit language, Tanjong |
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 levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Kanowit
The branches above Kanowit, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Malaysia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafetamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalyueYue ChineseSino-Tibetan · 62.2 m2 · ProvincialthaThaiKra–Dai · 60.7 m1 · National