The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: TAY
ISO 639-2: map
| Population | 63,000 speakers (1993 Johnstone), 78,957 in ethnic group (1989 govt. figure). |
| Region | Mountains in the northeast, south of the Ketagalan area. |
| Alternate names | TAYAL, TYAL, TAIYAL, ATAIYAL, ATTAYAL, TAIJYAL, BONOTSEK, SHABOGALA, TAKONAN, TANGAO, YUKAN |
| Dialects | SQOLEQ (SQULIQ), TS'OLE' (CI'ULI). |
| Classification | Austronesian, Formosan, Atayalic. |
| Comments | People in some areas are quite bilingual. In some areas Atayal is in active use. NT 1974. |
