ISO 639-3 · lvalva
Austronesian family
Makuv'a
Makuv'a is a language of the Timoric branch (Austronesian), spoken in Indonesia and East Timor. Wikidata describes it as “language of East Timor”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
lva- Glottocode
maku1277- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 8b Nearly Extinct
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
6levels in the tree
8bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Makuv'a |
|---|---|
| Also called | Maku'a, Pataluku, Makuv'a language |
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 Makuv'a
The branches above Makuv'a, 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