Saisiyat language

Saisiyat
Saisiyat
SaiSiyat
Native to	Taiwan
Ethnicity	7,900
Native speakers	4,750 (2002)
Language family	Austronesian Northwest Formosan Saisiyat; ;
Dialects	Taai; Tungho;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xsy
Glottolog	sais1237
ELP	Saisiyat
	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 (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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