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Siraya is a Formosan language spoken until the end of the 19th century by the indigenous Siraya people of Taiwan. Dialects of Siraya included Taivoa and Makatao. Several Siraya communities have been involved in a Sirayan cultural and language revitalization movement for more than a decade. Through linguistic research and language teaching, the natives are 'awaking' their mother tongue that has been 'dormant' for a century. Today a group of Siraya children in Xinhua District of Tainan particularly in Kou-pei and Chiou Chen Lin area are able to speak and sing in the Siraya language.〔(Musu hapa Siraya ) 〕 ==Dialects== The Siraya dialects (or sometimes Sirayaic languages) are: *Siraya proper — spoken in the coastal area of Tainan Plain. *Taivuan — spoken mostly in the inland of Tainan Plain to the north (just west of Southern Tsouic territories). *Makatau — spoken in Kaohsiung and Pingtung Prefectures to the south (just west of Paiwan territories). Paul Jen-kuei Li (2009) attempted a classification.〔Li, Paul Jen-kuei. 2009. "Linguistic differences among Siraya, Taivuan, and Makatau." In Alexander Adelaar and Andrew Pawley (eds.). ''Austronesian historical linguistics and culture history: a festschrift for Robert Blust''. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.〕 However, Li (2009) found two conflicting trees: 1. ''Tree based on the number of phonological innovations'' *Sirayaic * *''Taivuan'' * *Siraya–Makatau * * *''Siraya'' * * *''Makatau'' 2. ''Tree based on the relative chronology of sound changes'' *Sirayaic * *''Siraya'' * *Taivuan–Makatau * * *''Taivuan'' * * *''Makatau'' Li (2009) considers the second tree (the one containing the Taivuan–Makatau group) to be the somewhat more likely one. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Siraya language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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