ISO 639-3 · tmwtmw
Austronesian family
Temuan
Temuan is a language of the Malayic branch (Austronesian), spoken in Malaysia. Wikidata counts 28,000 first-language speakers (2008).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tmw- Glottocode
temu1239- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 15 language editions
28,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Temuan |
|---|---|
| Also called | Temuan language |
| L1 speakers | 28,000 (2008) |
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 Temuan
The branches above Temuan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
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