ISO 639-3 · xsyxsy
Austronesian family
Saisiyat
Saisiyat is a language of the Formosan branch (Austronesian), spoken in Taiwan. Wikidata counts 4,750 first-language speakers (2002).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
xsy- Glottocode
sais1237- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 25 language editions
4,750first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Saisiyat |
|---|---|
| Also called | Saisiyat language, SaySiyat, xsy |
| L1 speakers | 4,750 (2002) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Saisiyat
The branches above Saisiyat, 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