ISO 639-3 · keikei
Austronesian family
Kei
Kei is a language of the Kei-Tanimbar branch (Austronesian), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata counts about 1,360 speakers.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kei- Glottocode
keii1239- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
6levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kei |
|---|---|
| Also called | Keiese, Saumlaki, Veveu Evav, Kei language, Kai language |
| All speakers | 1,360 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Kei
The branches above Kei, 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