Atayal
A language of Taiwan
| Population | 84,300 (2002 Council of Indigenous Peoples, Executive Yuan, ROC). Ethnic population: 78,957 (1989 govt. figure), including 50 Mayrinax speakers left (2000 L. Huang). |
| Region | Northeast mountains, south of Ketagalan [kae]. |
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Taiwan |
| Alternate names | Ataiyal, Attayal, Bonotsek, Shabogala, Taijyal, Taiyal, Takonan, Tangao, Tayal, Tyal, Yukan |
| Dialects | Sqoleq (Squliq), Ts’ole’ (Ci’uli’). Mayrinax is a Ci’uli’ subdialect. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Atayalic |
| Language use | In active use in some areas. |
| Language development | Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 2002. |
| Writing system | Han script, Simplified variant. Han script, Traditional variant. Latin script. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
CHU, Man-ni, author. 2006. "The measurement of final [i] vs [ii] and [u] vs [uu] in Squliq Atayal."
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