Seediq language

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The Seediq language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Seediq indigenous people of central Taiwan, known for its complex verb morphology and rich system of focus and voice.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Seediq language canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
Formosan language
natural language
country Republic of China
ethnicGroup Seediq
hasAlternativeName Sediq
Seejiq
hasBasicWordOrder flexible word order conditioned by voice
hasBibleTranslation partial
hasCommunity Seediq communities in mountain villages
hasDialect Tgdaya Seediq
Toda Seediq
Truku
surface form: Truku Seediq
hasEndangermentStatus vulnerable
hasFeature Austronesian-style voice system
complex verb morphology
consonant clusters
ergative alignment tendencies
phonemic stress
rich affixation
rich focus system
voice alternations
vowel length distinctions
hasGlottocode seei1235
hasGovernmentBody Council of Indigenous Peoples (Taiwan) (policy role)
surface form: Council of Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan (for promotion)
hasISO639-3Code trv
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Atayal language
hasMedia radio programs in Seediq
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonemeInventoryType five-vowel system
moderate-sized consonant inventory
hasStandardizationEffort orthography development
hasWritingSystem Latin script
isOfficialStatus recognized indigenous language of Taiwan
isSpokenByPopulation several thousand speakers
isSubjectOf descriptive grammars
morphosyntactic studies
isUsedInFilm Seediq Bale (film)
surface form: Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (dialogue)
languageFamily Austronesian languages
region Hualien County
Nantou County
Taroko National Park
surface form: Taroko Gorge area
spokenBy Seediq people
spokenIn Taiwan, Province of China
surface form: Taiwan

central Taiwan
subfamily Atayalic languages
usedIn Seediq cultural practices
indigenous education in Taiwan

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Formosan languages majorSubgroupIncludes Seediq language
Wushe languageSpoken Seediq language
Mona Rudao languageSpoken Seediq language
Atayalic languages hasPart Seediq language