SSF ISO 639-3
Thao
Thaw a lalawa Autonym
A language of China–Taiwan
- ISO 639
- ssf
- Alternate Names
- Caw a lalawa, Chui-Huan, Chuihwan, Sao, Sau, Shao, Suihwan, Vulung
- Autonym
- Thaw a lalawa
- Population
- No known L1 speakers. Last speaker died in 2017. Ethnic population: 820 (2020 CIP).
- Location:
- Nantou county: Sun Moon Lake southeast shore, Te-hua village, and Ta-p’ing-lin, 14 km away.
- Language Status
- 9 (Dormant).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Western Plains, Thao
- Dialects
- Brawbaw, Shtafari.
- Typology
- VSO, SVO.
- Language Use
- Shifted to Mandarin Chinese [cmn].
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. Texts.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Thao
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Cooperation with the Bunun [bnn], intermarriage with Bunun women, loanwords from Bunun.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Nantou county: Sun Moon Lake southeast shore, Te-hua village, and Ta-p’ing-lin, 14 km away.
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