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Name: Kavalan
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Kuwarawan; Kiwarawa; Kuvarawan; Kibalan; Kiwaraw; Kuvalan; Kavarauan; Kvalan; Shekwan; Cabaran; Kabalan; Kabaran; Kamalan; Kavanan; Kbalan; Sprache von Formosa
Spoken in: Taiwan, China
Number of speakers: 24 (2000 P. Li). Ethnic population: 200 (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 24 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 24 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: ckv
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Austronesian
Parent Subgroup: Northern East Formosan (xuls)
Child Dialect: Kareovan; Kareowan (ckv-kar)

Endangerment Status


Linguist List Status: Nearly Extinct
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered
Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct
Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered

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