Kanakanabu language

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Kanakanavu
Native to Taiwan
Ethnicity 250 (no date)[1]
Native speakers
4 (2012)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xnb
Glottolog kana1286[3]

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.[4]

References

  1. Kanakanabu language at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
  2. Kanakanavu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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  4. Zeitoun & Teng (2014), abstract.

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