Back Tataramon na Thao BCL Idioma thao Spanish Thaon kieli Finnish Thao (langue) French Yaren Thao Hausa Thao (jezik) Croatian Bahasa Thao ID Pagsasao a Thao ILO Lingua thao Italian サオ語 Japanese
| Thao | |
|---|---|
| Sao | |
| Thau a lalawa | |
| Native to | Taiwan |
| Ethnicity | 820 Thao (2020)[1] |
Native speakers | 4 (2021)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ssf |
| Glottolog | thao1240 |
| ELP | Thao |
 Map of Formosan languages | |
 Thao is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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;[4] Barawbaw and Shtafari are dialects.[citation needed]
- ^ a b Thao at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Zui (2021-11-20). "Languages of Taiwan — Thao (Thau a lalawa, Sao)". The Language Closet. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ "Did you know Thao is critically endangered?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ Chang, M Laura (December 1998). "Thao Reduplication". Oceanic Linguistics. 37 (2): 277–297. doi:10.2307/3623411.
