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Kanakanavu | |
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Native to | Taiwan |
Region | Maya Village, Namasia District, Kaohsiung City |
Ethnicity | 360 (2020)[1] |
Native speakers | 4 (2012)[1] |
Austronesian
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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]