ISO 639-3 · sgusgu
Austronesian family
Salas
Salas is a language of the Central Maluku branch (Austronesian), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata counts about 50 speakers (1989). Wikidata describes it as “nearly extinct language of Seram, Indonesia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sgu- Glottocode
sala1269- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 8b Nearly Extinct
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
6levels in the tree
8bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Salas |
|---|---|
| Also called | Salas language |
| All speakers | 50 (1989) |
Vitality
EGIDS 8b Nearly Extinct8b
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 Salas
The branches above Salas, 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