Thao
Thao was an Austronesian language once spoken in Taiwan.
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Thao (; endonym: Thau a lalawa), also known as Sao, is an Austronesian language. It is the nearly extinct language of the Thao people, an indigenous people of Taiwan from the Sun Moon Lake region in central Taiwan. It is a Formosan language of the Austronesian family; Barawbaw and Shtafari are dialects.
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Words in Thao
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | ina | |
| father | ama | |
| water | sazum | |
| snow | ulhza | |
| stone | fatu | |
| mountain | hudun | |
| fish | rusaw | |
| horse | tishmamraw | |
| snake | qlhuran | |
| egg | fcuyu | |
| banana | fizfiz |
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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