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Kanakanavu
Native to
Taiwan
Region
Maya Village, Namasia District, Kaohsiung City
Ethnicity
360 (2020)[1]
Native speakers
4 (2012)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
Tsouic ?
Saaroa–Kanakanabu
Kanakanavu
Language codes
ISO 639-3
xnb
Glottolog
kana1286
ELP
Kanakanavu
Kanakanavu (also spelled Kanakanabu) is a Southern Tsouic language spoken by the Kanakanavu people, an indigenous people of Taiwan (see Taiwanese aborigines). It is a Formosan language of the Austronesian family.
The Kanakanavu live in the two villages of Manga and Takanua in Namasia District (formerly Sanmin Township), Kaohsiung.[2]
The language is moribund, with only 4 speakers (2012 census).[3]
^ abKanakanavu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^Zeitoun, Elizabeth; Teng, Stacy F. (2016). "Reassessing the Position of Kanakanavu and Saaroa among the Formosan Languages" (PDF). Oceanic Linguistics. 55 (1): 162–198. doi:10.1353/ol.2016.0001. S2CID 148368774. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-05-04 – via www.ling.sinica.edu.tw.
^"Did You Know Kanakanabu is Critically Endangered?". endangeredlanguages.com. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
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