Saisiyat language

Saisiyat
SaiSiyat
Native toTaiwan
Ethnicity7,900
Native speakers
4,750 (2002)
Dialects
  • Taai
  • Tungho
Language codes
ISO 639-3xsy
Glottologsais1237
ELPSaisiyat
Saisiyat, Pazeh, and Kulon (pink, northwest). Some Chinese-language sources designate the white area in the northwest as a Kulon area, as opposed to the small pink circle on this map.
Saisiyat is classified as severely endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Saisiyat (sometimes spelled Saisiat) is the language of the Saisiyat, a Taiwanese indigenous people. It is a Formosan language of the Austronesian family. It has approximately 4,750 speakers.

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