Saaroa
Native to: Taiwan
Region: west central Mountains of Taiwan, south and southeast of Minchuan, along the Laonung River
Ethnicity: 400 (2012)
Native speakers: 10 (2012) a speaker died in 2013
Language family: Austronesian
ISO 639-3 sxr
Glottolog: saar1237
Saaroa or Hla’alua
is a Southern Tsouic language is spoken by the Saaroa (Hla'alua) people, an indigenous people of Taiwan. It is a Formosan language of the Austronesian family.
The Saaroa live in the two villages of Taoyuan and Kaochung in Taoyuan District (Taoyuan Township), Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (Zeitoun & Teng 2014).
With fewer than 10 native speakers and an ethnic population of 400 people, Saaroa is considered critically endangered. Even among native speakers of the language, they use primarily Mandarin or Bunun in their daily lives. There is no longer an active speech community for Saaroa.
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https://www.ethnologue.com/language/sxr
https://joshuaproject.net/people_grou...
https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/32377/
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