Saaroa language

Saaroa is the language of the Saaroa, a tribe of indigenous people on Taiwan . It is a Formosan language of the family. In 1690, Saaroa was nearly extinct. Few children speak the language. The Bunun language is becoming the main language of the Saaroa people, and many of the elders in the tribe speak Taiwanese. The shift to the Bunun language occurred when the Bunun tribe migrated into the area inhabited by the Saaroa people.