Saaroa language

Saaroa language

language
name=Saaroa
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Formosan
fam3=Tsouic
iso3=sxr
states=Taiwan
region=west central Mountains of Taiwan, south and southeast of Minchuan,along the Laonung River
speakers=

Saaroa is the language of the Saaroa, a tribe of indigenous people on Taiwan (see Taiwanese aborigines). It is a Formosan language of the Austronesian 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.

References

*Gordon, Raymond G., Jr.(ed.)2005:Ethnologue:Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas,Tex:SIL International. Online Version:htt://www.ethnologue.com/.


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