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ISO 639-3 · spgspg
Austronesian family

Sian

Sian is a language of the Melanau–Bintulu branch (Austronesian), spoken in Malaysia.

6b · Threatened
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
spg
Glottocode
sian1255
Wikipedia
9 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameSian
Also calledSian 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 level
UNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this level
family tree

From Austronesian to Sian

The branches above Sian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1039Austronesianfamily944Malayo-Polynesianbranch58Greater North Borneobranch8Melanau–BintulubranchspgSianlanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Malaysia113 languages in the index

Also spoken in Malaysia

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafejavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalyueYue ChineseSino-Tibetan · 62.2 m2 · Provincial