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Personal Communication on Tsou
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~1000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

almost all

More about speakers

Around 200 of 1000 speakers have a really good command of Tsou.

Year of info

2015

Location and Context

Countries

Taiwan

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Mt. Ali (阿里山) in Chiayi (嘉義)

Government support

no

Institutional support

no

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

latin script

Other writing systems

Mt. Ali (阿里山) in Chiayi (嘉義)

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Mandarin

Domains of other languages

many

More on context

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.

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,130

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

2,127

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Taiwan

Coordinates

No data

Location description

West central mountains southeast of Chiayi, Alishan (Mt. Ali) area.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

West central mountains southeast of Chiayi, Alishan (Mt. Ali) area.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

No data

Native Speakers Worldwide

No data

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

7,087 (including Tsou, Kanakanabu and Saaroa)

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

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.

Year of info

2014

Location and Context

Countries

Taiwan

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Alishan Township 阿里山鄉 in Chiayi 嘉義 County, and Hsinyi 信義 Township in Nantou 南投 County.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Alishan Township 阿里山鄉 in Chiayi 嘉義 County, and Hsinyi 信義 Township in Nantou 南投 County.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

No data

Native Speakers Worldwide

No data

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

23.5,120.75

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,127

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

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More on context

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