Thao

SSF

nearly extinct

Alternate Names: Chui-Huan, Chuihwan, Sao, Sau, Shao, Suihwan, Vulung

Dialects: Brawbaw, Shtafari.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Western Plains
Thao

Demographics: 5 (Wurm 2000). Ethnic population: 300 (Tsukida 2007).

Language Use: Most have shifted to Min Nan Chinese [nan] (Wurm 2007). Home. Elderly. Negative attitudes.

Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Taiwan

Other Comments: Cooperation with the Bunun ,, intermarriage with Bunun women, loanwords from Bunun.