ISO 639-3 · pwnpwn
Austronesian family
Paiwan
Pinayuanan
Paiwan is a language of the Formosan branch (Austronesian), spoken in Taiwan. Wikidata counts about 96,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Austronesian language spoken in Taiwan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pwn- Glottocode
paiw1248- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 22.93, 120.93
- Wikipedia
- 33 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Paiwan · Pinayuanan |
|---|---|
| Also called | Paiwan language, pwn, Payuan |
| All speakers | 96,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Paiwan
The branches above Paiwan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Taiwan
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