Also Known As:
Sau, Sao, Shao, Chuihwan, Chui-Huan, Suihwan, Vulung, Sprache von Formosa, 邵語
Dialects & Varieties
- Brawbaw
- Shtafari
Australia and the Pacific
Wurm, Stephen A. 2007. Australia and the Pacific. In Christopher Moseley, Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn., 424-557. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
5
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
5
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
0
Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
300
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
Most have shifted to Taiwanese Southern Min and Mandarin Chinese
Location and Context
Countries
Taiwan
Location Description
Central Taiwan, around Sun Moon Lake
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Taiwanese Southern Min; Mandarin Chinese
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
No literacy in language
Recent Resources
Traditional story translated into Thao from Chinese by Mike Campbell.
MP3 available read by Mike Cam
Fieldwork elicitation on the Thao language with a native speaker of Thao