ISO 639-3 · swwsww
Austronesian family · extinct or historical language
Sowa
Sowa is an extinct or historical language of the North and Central Vanuatu branch (Austronesian), spoken in Vanuatu.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sww- Glottocode
sowa1244- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 10 Extinct
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 7 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
9levels in the tree
10EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Sowa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Sowa language |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 10 Extinct10
Dormant or extinct. No fluent first-language speakers remain — EGIDS 9 and 10.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Sowa
The branches above Sowa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Vanuatu
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