Atayal language
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
שפת אטאיל
Name (Latin)
Atayal language
Name (Arabic)
لغة أتايال
Other forms of name
Ataiyal language
Attayal language
Bonotsek language
Shabogala language
Taijyal language
Taiyal language
Takonan language
Tangao language
nne Tayal language
Tyal language
Yukan language
See Also From tracing topical name
Taiwan languages
See Also From tracing place name
Taiwan
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q715766
Library of congress:
sh 85132906
Sources of Information
- Voegelin lang.:p. 35 (Atayal=Ataiyal=Taiyal=Tayal; part of Atayalic group)
- Ethnologue, 2000:p. 625 (Atayal (Tayal, Tyal, Taiyal, Ataiyal, Attayal, Taijyal, Bonotsek, Shabogala, Takonan, Tangao, Yukan) Austronesian, Atayalic, 63,000 speakers)
- Encyc. of world cultures, 1991:v. 5, p. 258 (The Atayal occupy nearly a third of Taiwan's mountainous area in north-central Taiwan. They speak two languages, Atayal proper (with dialects Seqoleq and Tseʼoleʼ) and Sedeq)
- Lang. atlas Pacific area:map no. 30 (Atayalic Group, Atayal dialects)
Wikipedia description:
The Atayal language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Atayal people of Taiwan. Squliq and C’uli’ (Ts’ole’) are two major dialects. Mayrinax and Pa’kuali’, two subdialects of C’uli’, are unique among Atayal dialects in having male and female register distinctions in their vocabulary.
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