Dhao

Facts

  • Language: Dhao
  • Alternate names: Ndao, Dao, Ndaonese, Ndaundau, Kahore
  • Language code: nfa
  • Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Sumba-Hawu, Hawu-Dhao (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: ~3,000
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    Ethnic autonym: Dhao. Rote neighbors refer to them as ‘Ndao’. Christian.

    Dhao is spoken in Indonesia, Southeast Asia.