Kanakanavu language

Kanakanavu
Native toTaiwan
RegionMaya Village, Namasia District, Kaohsiung City
Ethnicity360 (2020)[1]
Native speakers
4 (2012)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3xnb
Glottologkana1286
ELPKanakanavu

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]

  1. ^ a b Kanakanavu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Did You Know Kanakanabu is Critically Endangered?". endangeredlanguages.com. Retrieved April 15, 2016.