ISO 639-3 · ckvckv
Austronesian family
Kavalan
Kavalan is a language of the East Formosan branch (Austronesian), spoken in Taiwan. Wikidata counts 70 first-language speakers (2015). Wikidata describes it as “East Formosan language of Taiwan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ckv- Glottocode
kava1241- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 8b Nearly Extinct
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 22 language editions
70first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
8bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kavalan |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kavalan language, ckv |
| L1 speakers | 70 (2015) |
Vitality
EGIDS 8b Nearly Extinct8b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Kavalan
The branches above Kavalan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
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