Tsou
Tsu-U; Tsoo; Tsuou; Tsu-Wo; Tzo; Tso; Namakaban; Niitaka; Tibola; Tibolah; Tibolak; Tibolal; Sprache von Formosa; 鄒語
Austronesian; Tsouic
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Mandarin
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almost all
Around 200 of 1000 speakers have a really good command of Tsou.
2015
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Taiwan
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Mt. Ali (阿里山) in Chiayi (嘉義)
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Mt. Ali (阿里山) in Chiayi (嘉義)
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Mandarin is the medium of education. Tsou is used by the older speakers at home, in the church, and during the farming work or other traditional activites.
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2,127
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2009
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Taiwan
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West central mountains southeast of Chiayi, Alishan (Mt. Ali) area.
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West central mountains southeast of Chiayi, Alishan (Mt. Ali) area.
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7,087 (including Tsou, Kanakanabu and Saaroa)
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The Kanakanabu people and the Saaroa people, who had long been classified under the Tsou nationality, have been officially recognized as two independent ethnic groups in June 26, 2014.
2014
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Taiwan
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Alishan Township 阿里山鄉 in Chiayi 嘉義 County, and Hsinyi 信義 Township in Nantou 南投 County.
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Alishan Township 阿里山鄉 in Chiayi 嘉義 County, and Hsinyi 信義 Township in Nantou 南投 County.
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23.5,120.75
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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
- Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)http://www.ethnologue.com/
- World Oral Literature Project"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.http://www.oralliterature.org
- The Tribes in Taiwan (Tsou)Council of Indigenous Peoples (行政院原住民族委員會). 2014. "The Tribes in Taiwan (Tsou)." Online: http://www.apc.gov.tw/portal/docList.html?CID=F07B48DFDA79CF95&type=D553881BB72C42C9D0636733C6861689.http://www.apc.gov.tw/portal/docList.html?CID=F07B48DFDA79CF95&type=D553881BB72C42C9D0636733C6861689
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