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Thao
Thau a lalawa
Native toTaiwan
Ethnicity820 Thao (2020)[1]
Native speakers
4 (2021)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
  • Western Plains Formosan
    • Thao
Dialects
  • Brawbaw
  • Shtafari
Language codes
ISO 639-3ssf
Glottologthao1240
ELPThao

Thao (/θ/ 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]

  1. ^ a b Thao at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Zui (2021-11-20). "Languages of Taiwan — Thao (Thau a lalawa, Sao)". The Language Closet. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  3. ^ "Did you know Thao is critically endangered?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  4. ^ Chang, M Laura (December 1998). "Thao Reduplication". Oceanic Linguistics. 37 (2): 277–297. doi:10.2307/3623411.

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