Thao language
Extinct Austronesian language of Taiwan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thao (/θaʊ/ thow; Thao: Thau a lalawa), also known as Sao,[2] is the nearly extinct language of the Thao people,[3] an indigenous people of Taiwan from the Sun Moon Lake region in central Taiwan. It is a Formosan language of the Austronesian family; Barawbaw and Shtafari are dialects.[citation needed]
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Thao | |
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Thau a lalawa | |
Native to | Taiwan |
Ethnicity | 820 Thao (2020)[1] |
Native speakers | 4 (2021)[1] |
Austronesian
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ISO 639-3 | ssf |
Glottolog | thao1240 |
ELP | Thao |
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Not to be confused with Thai language.