ISO 639-3 · pyupyu
Austronesian family
Puyuma
Pinuyumayan
Puyuma is a language of the Formosan branch (Austronesian), spoken in Taiwan. Wikidata counts 8,500 first-language speakers (2002). Wikidata describes it as “Austronesian language spoken in Taiwan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pyu- Glottocode
puyu1239- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 25 language editions
8,500first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Puyuma · Pinuyumayan |
|---|---|
| Also called | pyu, Puyuma language, Pinuyumayan |
| L1 speakers | 8,500 (2002) |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Puyuma
The branches above Puyuma, 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 mamiAmisAustronesian · 215,0005 · Developing