Kanakanabu language
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| Kanakanavu | |
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| Native to | Taiwan |
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Native speakers
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4 (2012)[1] |
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Austronesian
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| ISO 639-3 | xnb |
| Glottolog | kana1286[2] |
Kanakanavu (also spelled Kanakanabu) is a Southern Tsouic language is 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.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Kanakanavu at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kanakanabu". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ^ Zeitoun & Teng (2014), abstract.
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