Saisiyat language

Saisiyat is the language of the , a tribe of indigenous people on Taiwan . It is a Formosan language of the family. It has approximately 4,750 speakers.

Classification

* Austronesian languages
** Northwest Formosan languages
*** Saisiyat

Language area

The language area of Saisiyat is small, situated in the northwest of the country between the and regions in the mountains .

Usage

Today, one thousand Saisiyat people do not use the Saisiyat language. Many young people use or instead, and few children speak Saisiyat. Hakka Chinese speakers, Atayal speakers and Saisiyat speakers live more or less together. Many Saisiyat are able to speak Saisiyat, Hakka, Atayal, , and, sometimes, Min Nan as well. Although Saisiyat has a relatively large number of speakers, the language is .

Dialects

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