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Tsou language
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Tsou (Cou) is a divergent Austronesian language spoken by the Tsou people of Taiwan. Tsou is a threatened language; however, this status is uncertain. Its speakers are located in the west-central mountains southeast of the Chiayi/Alishan area in Taiwan.[2]
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Tsou | |
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Cou | |
Native to | Taiwan |
Region | Alishan |
Ethnicity | Tsou |
Native speakers | 2,100 (2002)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tsu |
Glottolog | tsou1248 |
ELP | Tsou |
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![]() Tsou is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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