ISO 639-3 · ssfssf
Austronesian family · extinct or historical language
Thao
Thao is an extinct or historical language of the Formosan branch (Austronesian), spoken in Taiwan.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ssf- Glottocode
thao1240- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 9 Dormant
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 21 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
9EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Thao |
|---|---|
| Also called | Thaw a lalawa, Thao language, ssf |
| Kind | extinct or historical language |
Vitality
EGIDS 9 Dormant9
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 Thao
The branches above Thao, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Taiwan
zhoChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.30 bncmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 mporPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · DevelopingcdoEastern MinSino-Tibetan · 10.3 m5 · DevelopingcpxPu-Xian MinSino-Tibetan · 2.5 m5 · DevelopinghnmHainaneseSino-Tibetan · 1.1 mamiAmisAustronesian · 215,0005 · Developing