Ethnologue

Atayal

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Ataiyal, Attayal, Bonotsek, Shabogala, Taijyal, Taiyal, Takonan, Tangao, Tayal, Tyal, Yukan

Population

84,300 (CIP-EY 2002).

Location

Hualien and Taitung counties.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Sqoleq (Squliq), Ts’ole’ (Ci’uli’). Mayrinax is a Ci’uli’ subdialect.

Typology

VSO, VOS.

Language Use

In active use in some areas. Used as L2 by Saisiyat [xsy].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. Bible: 2003.

Language Resources

Writing

Han script, Simplified variant [Hans]. Han script, Traditional variant [Hant]. Latin script [Latn].