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Sirayaic

Siraya

Sirayaic was an Austronesian language once spoken in Taiwan.

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Sirayaic · 23.0°N 120.3°E

Siraya is a Formosan language spoken until the end of the 19th century by the indigenous Siraya people of Taiwan, derived from Proto-Siraya. Some scholars believe Taivoan and Makatao are two dialects of Siraya, but now more evidence shows that they should be classified as separate languages.

Several Siraya communities have been involved in a Sirayan cultural and language revitalization movement for more than a decade. Through linguistic research and language teaching, Siraya people are learning their ancestors' language, that has been dormant for a century. Today a group of Siraya children in Sinhua District of Tainan particularly in Kou-pei and Chiou Chen Lin area are able to speak and sing in the Siraya language.

From Wikipedia · Siraya language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Sirayaic

MeaningWordRomanization
personsidaia*
namenanana*
eyemata*
eartangira
nosegoNos*
toothwalig*
tonguedadila*
handrima*
bloodamax*
bonetural*
skinvalidt*
breastoho*
livermauwax*
watersalom
fireapoy*
staratatiliNagey*
stonewatu*
leafhapa*
nightauvan*
dogasu
fishtgiN*
lousekuto*
onesat*
tworauha*
Iyao*
youinuhu*
drinkmit*
seekmita*
heargmiliNig*
diemapatey*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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