ISO 639-3 · atbatb
Sino-Tibetan family
Zaiwa
Zaiwa is a language of the Burmish branch (Sino-Tibetan), spoken in China and Myanmar. Wikidata counts about 80,000 speakers (1999). Wikidata describes it as “Burmish language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
atb- Glottocode
zaiw1241- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 13 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
2scripts
5levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Zaiwa |
|---|---|
| Also called | Aci, Aji, Atshi, Atsi, Atsi-Maru |
| All speakers | 80,000 (1999) |
| Written in | Latin script, Fraser script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Zaiwa
The branches above Zaiwa, 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