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Thao language

Thao (/ˈθaʊ/; endonym: Thau a lalawa), also known as Sao, is an Austronesian language. It is the nearly extinct language of the Thao people, 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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Japanese rule of TaiwanKuomintangRobert A. BlustAcademia Sinica
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Name

Proto-AustronesianTsou
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Phonology

Fijian
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Dialects
Brawbaw · Shtafari
ELP
Thao
Ethnicity
820 Thao (2020)
Glottolog
thao1240
ISO 639-3
ssf
Language family
Western Plains FormosanThao · Thao

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Thao language

Nodes23
Edges22
Triples11
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.086957
Components1

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Thao language

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Dialects · 2
Thao language → Brawbaw, Shtafari
Language family · 2
Thao language → Thao, Western Plains FormosanThao
ELP · 1
Thao language → Thao
Ethnicity · 1
Thao language → 820 Thao (2020)
Glottolog · 1
Thao language → thao1240
ISO 639-3 · 1
Thao language → ssf
Native speakers · 1
Thao language → 4 (2021)
Native to · 1
Thao language → Taiwan
Writing system · 1
Thao language → Latin (Thao alphabet)

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thao language austronesian taiwan blust 2003 written notes dictionary languages name pronouns unesco thau lalawa sao formosan family shtafari dialects

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Thao languageDialectsBrawbaw1.00infobox
Thao languageDialectsShtafari1.00infobox
Thao languageELPThao1.00infobox
Thao languageEthnicity820 Thao (2020)1.00infobox
Thao languageGlottologthao12401.00infobox
Thao languageISO 639-3ssf1.00infobox
Thao languageLanguage familyWestern Plains FormosanThao1.00infobox
Thao languageLanguage familyThao1.00infobox
Thao languageNative speakers4 (2021)1.00infobox
Thao languageNative toTaiwan1.00infobox
Thao languageWriting systemLatin (Thao alphabet)1.00infobox

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