ISO 639-3 · paupau
Austronesian family
Palauan
tekoi er a Belau
Palauan is a language of the Western Malayo-Polynesian branch (Austronesian), spoken in Palau and United States. Wikidata counts about 17,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Austronesian language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pau- Glottocode
pala1344- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- Wikipedia
- 67 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Palauan · tekoi er a Belau |
|---|---|
| All speakers | 17,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | Palau |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Palauan
The branches above Palauan, 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.
