ISO 639-3 · drudru
Austronesian family
Rukai
Rukai is a language of the Formosan branch (Austronesian), spoken in Taiwan. Wikidata counts 10,500 first-language speakers (2002). Wikidata describes it as “languages of the Rukai people, an indigenous people of Taiwan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
dru- Glottocode
ruka1240- WALS
rukai- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 27 language editions
10,500first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Rukai |
|---|---|
| Also called | Rukai language, dru |
| L1 speakers | 10,500 (2002) |
| 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 Rukai
The branches above Rukai, 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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