Siraya is a Formosan language spoken until the end of the 19th century by the indigenous Siraya people of Taiwan, derived from Proto-Siraya. Some scholars...
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The Siraya (Chinese: 西拉雅族; pinyin: Xīlāyǎ Zú) people are a Taiwanese indigenous people. The Siraya settled flat coastal plains in the southwest part of...
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Look up Siraya in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Siraya may refer to: Siraya people, of Taiwan Siraya language, their Austronesian language, now extinct...
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Formosan languages consist of various Formosan languages scattered across Taiwan, including Kavalan, Amis, and the extinct Siraya language. This grouping...
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(2010) considers Proto-Siraya belongs to East Formosan languages, along with Kavalanic and Amis languages. The Proto-Siraya language is the reconstructed...
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Sakizaya Siraya language Bunun language Rukai language Mantauran, Tona, and Maga dialects of Rukai are divergent Puyuma language Paiwan language (south-eastern...
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Formosan language spoken until the end of the 19th century by the indigenous Taivoan people of Taiwan. Taivoan used to be regarded as a dialect of Siraya, but...
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Carabao (category Articles containing Siraya-language text)
Proto-Austronesian *qaNuaŋ. Cognates include Papora loan, Thao qnuwan, Siraya luang, Rukai nwange, Ilocano nuang, Tagalog anwang or anowang, Kankanaey...
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Daniel Gravius (category CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl))
translated portions of the Bible and other Christian texts into the Siraya language. After falling out with Governor of Formosa Nicolas Verburg, he was...
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Fort Provintia (category CS1 uses Chinese-language script (zh))
its library of dictionaries and business transactions documents the Siraya language spoken by the native inhabitants of the region during Dutch rule. The...
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Taivoan people (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
same language". Ferrell mentioned that this is erroneous and that Candidious' assertion that he was well familiar with the eight supposed Siraya villages...
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Domesticated plants and animals of Austronesia (category Articles containing Siraya-language text)
Proto-Austronesian *qaNuaŋ. Cognates include Papora loan, Thao qnuwan, Siraya luang, Rukai nwange, Ilocano nuang, Tagalog anwang or anowang, Kankanaey...
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Madou District (category Articles with Chinese-language sources (zh))
about 43,071 residents in Tainan, Taiwan. It owes its name to the Siraya language word Moatau or Mattou. Mattau was one of the four core Sirayan villages...
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Taiwanese indigenous peoples (category CS1 Chinese (Taiwan)-language sources (zh-tw))
taught a romanized script (Sinckan writing), which transcribed the Siraya language. This script maintained occasional use through the 18th century. Today...
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Malay: Bahasa Melayu, Jawi: بهاس ملايو) is an Austronesian language that is an official language of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, and that...
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Kaohsiung (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
According to one theory, the name Takau originates from the aboriginal Siraya language and translates as "bamboo forest". According to another theory, the...
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Kingdom of Tungning (category Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text)
170–171. Wong 2017, p. 180. Wong 2017, p. 181–182. "Min Hakka Language Archives". Min Hakka Language Archives. Academic Sinica. Archived from the original on...
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Caledonian languages also known as Kanak languages form a branch of the Southern Oceanic languages. Their speakers are known as Kanaks. One language is extinct...
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Banana colloquial speech (category Language articles without language codes)
Taiwanese, and sometime Taivoan language in Jiasian, Kaohsiung. Banana colloquial speech is mainly circulated among Taivoan and Siraya communities in hill areas...
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Austronesian personal pronouns (category Pronouns by language)
Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. Psychology Press. Adelaar, K. Alexander (1997). "Grammar Notes on Siraya, an Extinct Formosan Language". Oceanic...
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History of Kaohsiung (category CS1 uses Chinese-language script (zh))
by Ming Chinese explorers), "Takau" meaning "bamboo forest" in the Siraya language. Dutch settlers colonizing Taiwan in 1624 referred to the region as...
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Tainan (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
meat. The Siraya people were influenced by both Chinese and Japanese cultures and lifestyles. They started to use Chinese words in their language, use Japanese...
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Spread of the Latin script (category CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl))
on Formosa (1624–1662), the island currently known as Taiwan, the Siraya language was given a Sinckan Latin alphabet by the Dutch, which lasted until...
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respective languages. Some indigenous people and languages are recognized by local governments. These include Siraya (and its Makatao and Taivoan varieties) to...
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Sinkang Manuscripts (category CS1 uses Japanese-language script (ja))
of Siraya and Taivoan culture, and Taiwanese history in general although there are only a few scholars who can understand them. The Sinckan language was...
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tə-GAH-log; [tɐˈɡaːloɡ]; Baybayin: ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the...
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indoˈnesija]) is the official and national language of Indonesia. It is a standardized variety of Malay, an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca...
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Choshui River Qauqaut: mid-stream of Takiri River (Liwuhsi in Chinese) Siraya: Chianan Plains Makatau: Pingtung Bunun: Hsinyi (信義鄉) in Nantou County Paiwan:...
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The Bisayan languages or Visayan languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines. They are most closely related to Tagalog...
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pronounced [ʔoːˈlɛlo həˈvɐjʔi]) is a Polynesian language and critically endangered language of the Austronesian language family that takes its name from Hawaiʻi...
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