ISO 639-3 · sajsaj
West Papuan family
Sahu
Sahu is a language of the North Halmahera branch (West Papuan), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata counts about 3,500 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “North Halmahera language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
saj- Glottocode
sahu1245- Family
- West Papuan
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 10 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Sahu |
|---|---|
| Also called | Sahu language |
| All speakers | 3,500 |
| 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 levelfamily tree
From West Papuan to Sahu
The branches above Sahu, 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