Atayal language
E574272
The Atayal language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Atayal indigenous people of northern Taiwan, known for its complex verb morphology and rich system of focus and voice.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austronesian language
ⓘ
Formosan language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup | Atayal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Republic of China ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tayal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tayal language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder |
VOS
ⓘ
VSO ⓘ |
| hasCommunity | Atayal indigenous people of Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
C’uli’ Atayal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Matu’uwal Atayal NERFINISHED ⓘ Mayrinax Atayal NERFINISHED ⓘ Plngawan Atayal ⓘ R’ra Atayal NERFINISHED ⓘ Skikun Atayal NERFINISHED ⓘ Squliq Atayal NERFINISHED ⓘ S’uli Atayal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Austronesian alignment
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complex verb morphology ⓘ focus-marking affixes ⓘ morphologically marked case-like roles ⓘ rich aspect marking ⓘ rich focus system ⓘ verb-initial word order tendencies ⓘ voice alternations ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | atay1248 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | tay ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticArea | Formosan languages of Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | predominantly agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasOfficialRecognition | recognized indigenous language in Taiwan ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant clusters
ⓘ
contrastive vowel length in some dialects ⓘ glottal stop phoneme ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerStatus | declining intergenerational transmission ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
focus-based alignment
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rich verbal affixation ⓘ symmetrical voice system ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| region | mountainous areas of northern Taiwan ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Atayal people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Taiwan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Taiwan ⓘ |
| subfamily | Formosan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Atayal communities in education revitalization programs ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.