ISO 639-3 · smhsmh
Sino-Tibetan family
Samei
Samei is a language of the Southeastern Loloish branch (Sino-Tibetan), spoken in China.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
smh- Glottocode
same1240- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 5 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
7levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Samei |
|---|---|
| Also called | Samei language |
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 Sino-Tibetan to Samei
The branches above Samei, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in China
zhoChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.30 bncmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 mporPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafewuuWu ChineseSino-Tibetan · 80.7 m5 · DevelopingvieVietnameseAustroasiatic · 76 m1 · NationalkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalyueYue ChineseSino-Tibetan · 62.2 m2 · ProvincialnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · Vigorous