Thao Language
Thao (θau, Thaw a lalawa), also known as Sao, is the language of the Thao people, a tribe of Taiwanese aborigines in the region of Sun Moon Lake in central Taiwan. In 2000 there were approximately 5 or 6 speakers living in Dehua (德化) village (however this name is discouraged among the Thao inhabitants), all but one of whom were over the age of sixty. It is a Formosan language of the Austronesian family; Barawbaw and Shtafari are dialects.
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